1. Post-Classical China and Japan

2. Sui Dynasty ( CE)
Restored the Chinese imperial structure after fall of Han dynasty
Confucian bureaucracy
Defeated external enemies
Accomplishments of the Sui Dynasty
Grand Canal (right)
Weakened by military spending and external invasions (mandate of heaven)

3. Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) Continued Confucian style government
Brought back civil service examination system
Compiled the Tang Code of laws in 624 CE
Liberal attitude towards all religions

4. Empress Wu (624-705) Only female empress in Chinese history
Installed a court system
Attempted to make Buddhism the favored state religion
Financed the building of many Buddhist temples

5. Tang Developments Rapid increase in rice production
Champa rice from Vietnam
Terrace Farming
Population doubled
Also revived the Silk Roads
Interacted with the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates

6. Song Dynasty ( )
Great advances were made in technology and culture
Used gunpowder as a weapon
Foreign trade continued to expand
Rise of Neo-Confucianism
Not politically powerful
Conquered by Mongols

7. Song Pre-Industrial Era
Specialized Production
Silk, porcelain, iron, etc.
Expanding trade markets
New Naval technology
Trade “junks” (ships)
New innovations – paper money, compass

8. Tang-Song Accomplishments
“Golden Age” of art and literature
Innovations
Gunpowder
Porcelain
moveable type printing press
Introduction of paper money

9. Footbinding First evidence of this practice shows up in about 950 CE
Started between ages 3-5
Essentially made women subordinate to their husbands

10. Japan Selectively borrowed cultural and political ideas from China
Chinese emperor system
Confucianism, Buddhism
Writing system
Developed their own identities in areas as well
Shintoism
Women enjoyed more freedom
Samurai warrior class (feudalism)

11. Feudalism Comparison Europe vs. Japan
Similarities
Differences 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. Europe and Japan were different in that Europe______ while japan ______
2. Europe -
Japan –
3. Europe -
Japan -
4. Europe -
5. Europe -

12. SAQ - retry
You have the rest of the class to re-do or finish your SAQ from Monday
1a – must identify a CAUSE to ANY CONFLICT, then EXPLAIN further about how that caused the conflict
1b – must identify 1 EFFECT of ANY CONFLICT, then EXPLAIN further about what that effect is. Then do the same for a 2nd EFFECT.
2a – must identify one way in which POLITICAL STRUCTURES (Empires, leadership, government systems) STAYED THE SAME through the post-classical era. Then EXPLAIN further about what that political structure did in its time of power
2b – must identify 1 POLITICAL STRUCTURE that changed, then EXPLAIN how it changed. Do the same for a 2nd Political structure.