Dynastic Rule in China A.D. 589-1644 Chinese Dynasty Notes Dynastic Rule in China A.D. 589-1644

Dynastic Rule How did this dynasty rise to power? How did this dynasty govern China? Sui Tang Song Yuan Ming

in China A.D. 589-1644 What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? List two ways this dynasty helped unite China?

Sui Dynasty

Sui Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power? General Yang Jian conquered several areas and unified China for the first time in 400 years Yang Jian made himself emperor and founded Sui Dynasty Yang Jian changed his name to Wen Di New Name

Sui Dynasty How did this Dynasty govern China? Wen Di and Yang Di were harsh rulers forced peasants to work in army and build public works projects

Sui Dynasty What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage? Wen Di was Buddhist encouraged Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

Sui Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? Grand Canal promoted trade rebuilding of the Great Wall provided security

Sui Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China? public work projects Grand Canal, Great Wall extended military control

Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power? Taizong helped his father to found the Tang Dynasty by rebelling against the Sui

Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China? Wu Zhao (only female ruler) helped to enlarge the empire

Empress Wu Zhao

Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China? Wu Zhao (only female ruler) helped to enlarge the empire bureaucracy government made up of departments each with its own area scholar-officials used Confucian ideas to help them serve the government

Tang Dynasty What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage? At first Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism were encouraged Later Buddhism was discouraged Emperor Wu Zong ordered the destruction of 4,600 Buddhist monasteries

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destruction of Buddhist temples then… destruction of Buddhist temples

Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? scholar class became new ruling elite land reform gave some peasants a chance to gain wealth golden age for poetry and art

Tang Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China. emperors directly controlled army agricultural reforms benefited both the government and commoners

Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power? Tai Zu emerged after 50 years of civil war to found the Song dynasty

Song Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China? Mongolians threatened China’s northern border for 200 years Song royal family forced to move capital of empire to southern China northern China was under foreign rule scholar-officials came from southern Chinese families scholar-officials chosen by results from civil service exam

Song Dynasty What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage? (Zen) Buddhism became popular in China and East Asia

Song Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? power of merchant rose as trade increased new form of rice allowed farmers to double their production

Song Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China. move center of Chinese culture from the north to the south used meritocracy to make government efficient and reliable meritocracy=most qualified people get the job

Advances under the Tang and Song discovery of tea manufacture of paper wood-block printing magnetic compass gunpowder

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Yuan Dynasty Mongols

Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power? dynasty founded by Kublai Khan Kublai fought Song Dynasty for 40 years before founding the only foreign ruled dynasty in China

Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China? civil-service system maintained but staffed by non-Chinese strict social hierarchy developed 1. Mongols 2. Civil Servants (non-Chinese) 3. northern Chinese 4. southern Chinese

Yuan Dynasty What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage? Chinese belief systems were not affected Buddhist monasteries increased under Kublai Khan

Buddhist Monastery

Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? bloody wars of conquest led to destruction of farmland Kublai Khan maintained roads and canals, but later Yuan emperors did not

Yuan Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China? kept civil service, but staffed it with outsiders allowed Chinese to continue to practice Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power? Chinese rebelled against Mongols rebel leader Hong Wu founded Ming Dynasty Ming=brilliant

Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China? reintroduced the civil-service exam emperors often ruled as despots despot=tyrant or mean ruler brief time of overseas explorations Zheng He

Ming Dynasty What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage? renewed interest in Confucianism blending of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China? rebuilt bridges, canals, roads, and temples heavy taxation and government waste led to peasant rebellion and civil war

Ming Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China. secured borders of China to prevent foreign invasion rebuilt bridges, canals, roads, and temples