1. China

3. What do you know about China?

5. 7A notes
ISN PAGE 58

6. Content Vocabulary - ISN Page 59
Buddhism = a religion that began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama
Confucianism = philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius
Meritocracy = chosen for their abilities rather than for their wealth or family tree
4. Civil Service = a proficiency test given to young chinese man in order to work for the Chinese government. Open to ‘boys’ only.
5. Scholar Official = New class in China made up of government officials who passed the Civil Service Exam.
6. Reform =

7. Tang Dynasty
After many years of war, China is reunified

8. Tang Dynasty
2. Golden Age: time of prosperity and Chinese culture flourished under Tang and Song Dynasty.

9. Tang Dynasty
3. Civil Service exams: you did not have to be wealthy or be born of high class to hold a high position in government--you take a test!

10. Infamous Tang rulers

11. Taizong
ruled
In a violent act (killed his two brother and ten nephews) seized the throne
Fair and Just leader
Lower taxes
Gave land to peasants

12. Wu Zhao
Emperor Taizong’s fifth-wife
Had four sons and daughter with emperor Gaozong (her step-son)
Killed her infant daughter, blamed Gaozong’s wife
Ordered the death of anyone who got in her way
Took power away from her sons through trickery and ruthlessness
The Chronicle says, “She killed her sister, her infant daughter, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” (Smithsonian)

13. But is the empress unfairly maligned?
Her achievements make her a controversial figure:
Civil Service Exam
Maintained China’s Imperial Sovereignty over Korea, Tibet, and Japan
Improved the life of peasants through agricultural and tax reforms
Expanded Buddhism
Expanded Education
Expanded Women’s rights
Closure - Read Empress Wu Biography

15. How did the Civil Exam worked?
I’m doing a video lecture---I will probably be showing 20 minutes of video --- The first video...not sure if I will be showing it.

16. Prosperity from Trade and Farming
Golden Age of China
Prosperity from Trade and Farming

18. Song Dynasty
Two main crops were rice and tea

19. Song Dynasty 2. Built new roads and waterways
-Which helped the Silk Road become busy with trade