1. China’s Advances in Farming Technology and Trade

2. Farming
Main crop In the south is Rice
Shifted to the South
Wheat and Barley grow well in the north
Grows in flooded fields called paddies
Developed advanced irrigation that included pumps

3. Chinese Rice Paddies

4. Doubles from 50-100 million from 750 AD to1100AD
Developed fast growing rice….
Population grows
Doubles from million from 750 AD to1100AD

5. Land Tenure
Han Dynasty: Government owned all land and given away equally
Tang Dynasty: Government sold to the Richest
Poor became peasants and farmers

6. Led the world in shipbuilding technology
Junks
Led the world in shipbuilding technology
Ocean going holding 500 people
Multiple Decks with sails
Watertight compartments
Rudders helps to steer the ship

7. Chinese Junks

8. Compass
Magnetic compass allowed them to travel the open seas
Trade routes to India and South east Asia

9. China and the Magnetic compass

12. China and gunpowder

13. Gunpowder
First used for fireworks
By the song it was being used for gunpowder, bombs, rockets and other weapons

14. Printing Chinese invented printing over 2000 years ago
800s developed woodblock printing (pages carved into blocks of wood)
Movable type invented later…. (each letter carved separately and moved around
Lowered cost of books
Literacy goes up!!!!!!!!

15. Chinese Wood Block Printing

18. Movable Type Print
Movable type invented later…. (each letter carved separately and moved around
Lowered cost of books
Literacy goes up!!!!!!!!

19. China Moveable Print

21. Trade and Industry Merchants were looked down upon….
Making money through trade was looked upon as an unworthy profession
Food production increase allows growth of trade for products like pottery and cloth
Transportation costs decreased with the building of the Grand Canal

22. Transportation The Grand Canal

23. Grand Canal
Built in the early 600s
World’s oldest and longest manmade waterway
Connects the Huang He River in the north and the Chang River in the south
1100 miles of river carrying goods on barges

24. Money Economy
People use money to get what they need. (no more trading)
Copper coins first used during the Tang Dynasty
Paper money first issued and used during the Song….easier to use and carry than coins

25. Tang Coin Money

27. Song Paper Money

29. Hard white pottery of extremely fine quality
Porcelain
Hard white pottery of extremely fine quality
Major trade item prized around the world

30. Chinese Porcelain

32. Iron
Iron was also used to make weapons, tools, nails and statues.

33. Iron Production