1. A Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties

2. Sui Dynasty (589 – 618 CE) Yang Jian: 580 Mandate of Heaven
Similar to Qin Dynasty
Legalism
Public Works
Grand Canal
Trade b/w North and South

5. Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) Tang Taizong Capital of Chang’an Confucianism
Safe Trade, Low Taxes, Stability

6. Tang Policies Transportation and Communication - Grand Canal
- Road System
- Postal System
Land Distribution
- Equal Field System
Merit Based Bureaucracy
- Civil Service Exams
- Classical Chinese Philosophy
- All Males (Except Criminals)
Expansion
- Manchuria and Korea

7. Tang Decline 755 – Casual and Careless leadership Northern Invasions
Uighurs (Turks) sack capital
Revolts
Warlord Rule After Fall

11. Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 CE) Restored Imperial Structure
Mistrust of Military
Song Taizu (960 – 976)
Greater Bureaucracy
Feared Military (emphasized other areas)
Capital Hangzhou

12. 2 Problems of Song Enormous Bureaucracy Weak Military
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Weak Military
- Nomadic pressure from North (Mongols)
- Captured Capital (Kaifeng)
- Southern Song – Capital to Hangzhou

18. Economic Development in China
Agriculture
Increases in production
Fast ripening rice
New Tech: Fertilizer/Iron Plows
Commercial Agriculture
Facilitation of Trade
“Flying Cash” + Paper Money
Banking/Checking
Government Involvement/Market Economy

25. Technology and Industry
Porcelain
High Demand
Metallurgy
Iron and Steel
Architecture
Gunpowder
Late 1200s diffused to Europe and S. Asia

26. Printing Naval Technology Block Printing Cheap Books Propaganda
Ships: Compass, Rudders, Iron Nails, etc.

29. Chinese Economy Market Economy Currency Regional Specialization
Foreign Demand
Government Involvement
Currency
“Flying Cash”
Paper Money
Copper Coins (Hoarded Silver)

30. Tang Coin

31. Chinese Society Cosmopolitan Entertainers
South Port Cities (Guangzhou, Quanzhou)
Vast Trade and Cultural Sharing