Warm-Up Write the Question How long did the period of Disunion last? What were some Sui dynasty achievements How did the Song emperors protect their lands? What two factors led to an increased population? Why?

Chinese Empires The Song and The Tang Chapter 11 Section 1 Slides 1-11 Chinese Empires The Song and The Tang

Dynastic Cycle- The cycle which dynasties rise and fall. Mandate of Heaven- The theory which gave the reason for the Dynastic Cycle. ( It’s with Heaven’s permission)

The Tang Dynasty Lasted 300 years Tang Taizong 626-649 Empire expanded Wu Zhao 690 Only female emperor Expanded roads and canals Promoted trade and agricultrue

The Tang Dynasty Civil service exams Large bureaucracy Exams open to all Only wealthy could afford education Talent and education more important than noble birth

Song Dynasty 960 Taizu unites China Song- first emperor Song emperors tried to buy peace 1100’s Manchurians conquer China Song capitol-Hangzhou South China economic heartland

Inventions and Innovations Tang and Song dynasties population doubles Moveable type-printer could arrange blocks of individual characters Gunpowder- led to bombs, grenades, rockets

Literature and Art Porcelain Mechanical clock Paper money Magnetic compass for sailing 1000-1200’s advances in Algebra Math using negative numbers

Agriculture Cultivation of rice Two crops a year Officials distribute the Viet Nam rice Produce more food Population grows Song Dynasty farmers fed 100 million people

Trade and Foreign Contracts Tang and Song foreign trade flourished China increased sea trade Sailed to India, Persia, Africa Culture spread to East Asia Buddhism spread to Viet Nam, Korea, Japan

Changes in Chinese Society Old aristocratic families disappear Gentry-upper class Attained status through education Civil service positions Urban middle class Merchants Artisans Minor officials

Changes in Chinese Society Bottom of social order Soldiers Laborers Servants Countryside was the largest class the peasants Toiled for wealthy landowners

Status of Women Subservient to men Further declined under Tang and Song Women less important to prosperity Peasant women worked in the fields Binding feet of upper class

Status of Women Lily foot- broken arch Crippled for life Reflected wealth and prestige of the husband Could afford impractical wife

S.P.I.C.E. Summary. S-Social P-Political I-Innovations C-Cultural Come up with a summary that S.P.I.C.E.’s Song and Tang Dynasty. Two sentences per letter. S-Social P-Political I-Innovations C-Cultural E-Economics

1. The golden ages of the Tang Dynasty in China, the Gupta Empire in India, and the city-state of Athens in Greece were known as eras of A) major industrial development. B) intense nationalism. C) economic poverty and intellectual upheaval. D) artistic and intellectual achievement. 2 . A study of the Byzantine civilization would show that this civilization A) preserved Greek and Roman learning and passed it on to western and eastern Europe. B) based its economy on subsistence farming and slash-and-burn agriculture. C) collapsed as a result of Germanic invasions of the early Middle Ages. D) reduced the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A Golden Age of Poetry and Art Tang period- great poetry Li Bo- wrote about life’s pleasures Praised Confucian order Song dynasty- Chinese painting

The Sui Dynasty Wendi first emperor of Sui Dynasty Grand canal connected Huang He and Chiang Jang Rivers 1 million people, five years, 1000 miles Thousands more built the Great Wall

The Tang Decline Imposed heavy taxes 751 Muslim armies defeated Chinese Central Asia in foreign hands 907 rebels burn Tang capitol Murder Tang emperor a child

Key Terms Wendi Tang Taizong Wu Zhao Scholar Officials Porcelain Pagoda Woodblock Printing Moveable type Gentry