1. Mr. Millhouse WHAP Hebron H.S. CHINA DURING THE POST-CLASSICAL ERA

2.  How did Chinese politics continue the previous political structure? What changed? Why did it change?  Why was China one of the wealthiest regions in the world during the post-classical era?  How did Chinese technology change the world? FOCUS QUESTIONS

3. REVIEW: WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE HAN DYNASTY?

4. LEGACY OF ERA OF DIVISION

5. SUI DYNASTY (580-618 C.E.)

6. TANG DYNASTY (618-907 C.E.)

7.  Rose from concubine to empress  Only female empress in Chinese history  Other women will rule but not as empress  Supported Buddhism  Financed the building of temples and monasteries EMPRESS WU (624-705)

8. REVIVAL OF THE SILK ROADS

9. SONG DYNASTY (960-1279 C.E.) Zhu Xi, Neo-Confucian philosopher

10. EXPANDING MARITIME TRADE

11. CHAMPA RICE

12. SONG POPULATION GROWTH

13. SONG PRE-INDUSTRIAL ERA

14. SONG IRON SMELTING

15. CHINESE BLAST FURNACE

16.  Moveable Type Printing Press  Paper Money (Flying Money)  Translucent Porcelain  Gunpowder  Junks TANG-SONG ACCOMPLISHMENTS

17. CHINESE FOOT BINDING

18. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING PICTURES OF FOOT BINDING ARE DISTURBING

19. FOOT BINDING

22. YUAN DYNASTY (MONGOL INTERLUDE)

23. MING DYNASTY (1368-1644 C.E.) The Hongwu Emperor

24. THE FORBIDDEN CITY

25. MING ECONOMY  New American crops expanded agriculture  Sweet potato, maize, peanuts  Led to rapid population growth  Went from 100 million in 1500 to 225 million by 1750  Population growth aided manufacturing by keeping wages low  Limited need for labor saving devices  Launched expeditions into the Indian Ocean  Zheng He voyages  Limited trade with Europeans to Macao & Canton  “the Silver Sink”  This will be a major part of the next unit!

26. ADMIRAL ZHENG HE

27. MING ACCOMPLISHMENTS