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Unit 1 c. 1200 – 1450 The Global Tapestry

Discover the golden era of Chinese history with the Tang and Song Dynasties, marked by economic developments, technological advancements, and vibrant trade networks that shaped the global tapestry. Explore the influence of Long-distance trade, manufactured goods, and agricultural innovations that propelled China's prosperity.

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Unit 1 c. 1200 – 1450 The Global Tapestry

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  1. Unit 1 c. 1200 – 1450The Global Tapestry

  2. 1.1 Developments in East Asia • Big Picture – • Large empires emerged – revival of earlier empires in their region • New developments • All shaped by the REGIONAL TRADE

  3. Post-Classical Period of China • Golden Era • 600 Years of buoyancy • Great wealth • Political stability • Fine artistic and intellectual achievements

  4. Began in 960 lasting till 1279-ended due to pastoralists from Manchuria invading Expansion Government positions Educational opportunities Civil service exams Scholar gentry Meritocracy Weakness of Dynasty Mongol Take over ends dynasty Song Dynasty-overview

  5. Imperial Bureaucracy • Appointed officials carried out the empire’s policies. • Continuity • Expanded government positions • Emperor Song Taizu

  6. The Tang Dynasty Infrastructure Roads and canals, Foreign trade, and spread technology- Economic Developments

  7. The Grand Canal Today

  8. Champa rice – fast ripening rice, introduced from Vietnam. Production increases with using manure Irrigation systems, Agricultural terracing New heavy plows. Results=an abundance of food causing the population to grow quickly Population growth increased from around 25% to nearly 40% (World) in the three centuries of the song dynasty. Allowed peasants in South China to grow two crops a year, helping land-redistribution Agricultural Productivity

  9. Manufacturing and Trade • Black Earth – coal • Cast iron to Steel • Reinforced bridges, gates, ship anchors • Proto-industrialization • Relied more on home-based or community-based production using simple equipment. • Artisans produced steel in smelting facilities, manufactured porcelain and silk textiles. • China became the world’s most commercialized society.

  10. New Technologies • New technologies: • Printing moveable print  • Porcelain • Gunpowder • Compass

  11. Influences of Long-distance Trade • Silk Road • Economic prosperity • Spreads religious traditions • Transmission of disease • Linked much of Eurasia and northern Africa

  12. Compass Chinese ship junk Printed paper for navigation charts Gunpowder Maritime technology and Guns

  13. Indian Ocean Trade • Monsoon Changes • Nov – Feb > SW • April – Sept > NE • Key was regularity • Sea transport is Cheaper • Textiles, pepper, timber, rice, sugar, wheat • First to be crossed • Sailor’s Ocean

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