1. Dynastic Rule in China
Sui to Ming

2. Sui Dynasty ( )
How did the Dynasty rise to Power?
Yang Jiang (Wen Di) unified China through Military Conquest

3. Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism
How did this Dynasty govern China?
What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Wen Di was a Buddhist
Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism
Wen Di and Yang Di were harsh rulers
Forced peasants to
Public works
Fight in Army

4. Reunified through military control Grand Canal improved trade
How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China?
Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China
Public works projects
Reunified through military control
Grand Canal improved trade
Great Wall provided security

5. Tang Dynasty (618-907) Li Shi Min captured Changan & Luoyang (cities)
How did the Dynasty rise to Power?
Li Shi Min captured Changan & Luoyang (cities)
Became known as Dai Zong

6. Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism Buddhism repressed by Wu Zong
How did this Dynasty govern China?
What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism
Buddhism repressed by Wu Zong
Wu Zhao (female empress) ruled extensive amount of land
Government was bureaucracy
Bureaucrats upheld Confucian ideas

7. Emperors controlled army Equal field system
How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China?
Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China
Emperors controlled army
Equal field system
Equal-Field System limited power or aristocracy
Scholar class of ruling elite
Land reform

8. Song Dynasty ( )
How did the Dynasty rise to Power?
Tai Zu emerged as leader after 50 years of fighting
Moved capital to Kaifeng

9. Bureaucrats selected based on examine scores
How did this Dynasty govern China?
What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Chan (Zen) Buddhism
Confucianism
Bureaucrats selected based on examine scores
Government officials from S. China

10. Center of culture south to Kaifeng Meritocracy for government official
How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China?
Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China
Center of culture south to Kaifeng
Meritocracy for government official
Power of merchant class increased
Cambodian strain of rice doubled output
Technological advance

11. Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368) Founded by Kublai Khan
How did the Dynasty rise to Power?
Founded by Kublai Khan
He fought the Song for 40 years

12. The Supreme Ruler of All Beneath Heaven
Temujin = Genghis Khan
It is not enough that I should succeed, all others must fail.
-Genghis Khan
Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women. -Genghis Khan  

13. Kublai Khan- Shamanism Chinese belief system unaffected
How did this Dynasty govern China?
What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Kublai Khan- Shamanism
Chinese belief system unaffected
Civil Service by Turks and Persia
Hierarchy
Mongols
Non-Chinese
Northern Chinese
Southern Chinese

14. Retained civil service examination
How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China?
Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China
Retained civil service examination
Allowed the Chinese belief systems to exist
Destruction of farmland
built roads and canals

15. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Rebellion vs. Mongols
How did the Dynasty rise to Power?
Rebellion vs. Mongols
Leader and founder Hong Wu

16. Rebirth of Confucian philosophy
How did this Dynasty govern China?
What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Rebirth of Confucian philosophy
Combined beliefs of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism
Re-introduced exams
Overseas explanations– stopped later in dynasty

17. Rebuilt temples, shrines, bridges, canals, walls
How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China?
Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China
Secured the Border
Rebuilding projects
Rebuilt temples, shrines, bridges, canals, walls
Heavy taxation led to civil war