What Chinese dynasties have we already talked about? and What did they accomplish? 5 minutes to discuss

 After the fall of the Han Dynasty in China there were three to follow before the Mongols invaded 1.Sui Dynasty 589 – 618 (short and insignificant) 2.Tang Dynasty 618 – Song Dynasty

 Very short but led the way to Tang. (much like the Qin to the Han)  Helped to re-unify china  Huge focus on Confucianism and Buddhist practices  Over extended themselves on finances building canals, and military

 Conquered central Asia to Bactria (Afghanistan) by 618  Strengthened the Great Wall  Government bureaucracy was influenced by the scholar-gentry  Buddhism gained acceptance with Confucianism ◦ Empress Wu was a great supported of Buddhist art and sculpture  Overall Confucianism gained more support  Dynasty weakened because of internal rebellion  By 907 nomads from the North had overtaken the Tang

 Trade along the Silk Roads was protected  Contacts with Islamic empires  Chinese “junks” were the best ocean going ships in the world  Paper money was introduced  “Flying Money” letters of credit for long distance trade  Canals and irrigation improved agriculture  Gunpowder invented  Tea and fast growing rice was introduced from Vietnam  Population in the rice growing south surpassed the North

 960 China was overtaken by the Song  They were unable to control the Khitan Nomads of the north  Civil service exams became a prerequisite for government positions  Neo-Confucianism – arose as a blend of Confucianism and Buddhism  The Jurchens of northern China overtook the Song by 1200

 Continued overseas trade  Landscape paintings popularized  Catapults, grenades, flamethrowers, and rocket launchers  Printing with moveable type  Magnetic compass for ocean travel  Abacus developed for counting  Practice of “footbinding” spread to the elite classes  Patriarchal family intensified

 7 th century Chinese culture reached Japan  Buddhism mixed with Shinto (traditional Japanese beliefs)  11 th century Japan divided into small states led by BUSHI, who led the government and their own military  Samurai served the BUSHI ◦ Rise of the samurai moved Japan to a type of feudalism like western Europe ◦ Bushido – code of the Samurai ◦ Seppuku – form of Samurai suicide where they disembowel themselves if they are dishonored  Peasants became SERFS – bound to the land and considered property  12 th century Gempei Wars placed peasants against Samurai  1185 the Minamoto Family establishes the Bakufu or military government  As imperial government broke down Japan distanced themselves from China

 13 th and 14 th century was ruled by prominent families, with the military controlled by SHOGUNS  1467 – 1477 Japan was divided into 300 tiny kingdoms each ruled by a warlord called a Daimyo ◦ Led poorly trained peasant armies ◦ Daimyo taxed the peasants ◦ Trade between villages blossomed into trade with China  Tea Ceremony and decorative gardens were added to Japanese culture

 Chinese influence in Korea can be traced to 400 BCE with metallurgy and agriculture  Tang rulers defeated Koreans who resisted Chinese rule  Silla Kingdom of Korea proved able to defeat the Chinese ◦ 668 Chinese withdrew and the Silla united Korea ◦ The Silla took on Chinese customs such as the KOWTOW (bow)  Confucian civil service exam was introduced to Korea  Improved Chinese porcelain techniques to produce CELADON  13 th century Mongol invasion of Korea interfered with the Chinese Korean connection

 Vietnamese admired the technology and political ideals of China but enjoyed their independence  Different spoken language  Traded and interacted with China as far back as the Zhou  Lived in Villages rather than cities  Vietnamese women enjoyed more privileges  Buddhism gained greater popularity in Vietnam  The Han conquered Vietnam in 111 CE  939 Vietnamese gained independence  Vietnamese were able to take over neighboring countries like Cambodia because or military organization and technology from China