SUI, Tang and Song Dynasties south and east asian states Chapter 11 SUI, Tang and Song Dynasties south and east asian states
Chinese dynasties Han (206 BC – 220 AD) Sui (581 – 618 AD) Huns Sui (581 – 618 AD) Reunification Grand Canal Yellow River (N) Yangtze River (S) Rice shipments Tang (618 – 907 AD) Song (960 – 1279 AD)
Tang Dynasty – (618 – 907 AD) Land distribution (peasants) Civil Service Exams Confucian ideals Expansion Tibet Silk Road (Buddhism) Increased trade C. Asia, Japan, S.E. Asia Steel swords and cotton Gunpowder and porcelain Poetry and art
Song dynasty – (960 – 1279 Ad) Southern Song Carried on Tang Ideas Land reform Paper currency Scholar gentry Polo Neo-Confucianism Foot binding Mongol invasion (1279) Yuan Dynasty
Japan Early Japan Political leadership Archipelago Fertile w/ limited resources Political leadership Emperor as “Son of Heaven” Elite noble family Figurehead over time Powerful noble families Military rule
Japan Decentralized rule Shogunates (shogun) Decentralized again 800 – 1200 AD Samurai (“those who serve” Bushido (“the way of the warrior” Shogunates (shogun) 1200 – 1400 AD More centralized Military government Decentralized again 1400 – 1600 AD Daimyos (“great names”) Feudal system
Japan Trade with China & Korea Religion Korea Shinto Ancestor veneration Divinity of emperor Zen (Chan) Buddhism Self-disciple / meditation Samurai association Korea Spread of Buddhism Confucian ideals