1. SUI, Tang and Song Dynasties south and east asian states
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SUI, Tang and Song Dynasties south and east asian states

2. Chinese dynasties Han (206 BC – 220 AD) Sui (581 – 618 AD)
Huns
Sui (581 – 618 AD)
Reunification
Grand Canal
Yellow River (N)
Yangtze River (S)
Rice shipments
Tang (618 – 907 AD)
Song (960 – 1279 AD)

3. Tang Dynasty – (618 – 907 AD) Land distribution (peasants)
Civil Service Exams
Confucian ideals
Expansion
Tibet
Silk Road (Buddhism)
Increased trade
C. Asia, Japan, S.E. Asia
Steel swords and cotton
Gunpowder and porcelain
Poetry and art

4. Song dynasty – (960 – 1279 Ad) Southern Song Carried on Tang Ideas
Land reform
Paper currency
Scholar gentry
Polo
Neo-Confucianism
Foot binding
Mongol invasion (1279)
Yuan Dynasty

5. Japan Early Japan Political leadership Archipelago
Fertile w/ limited resources
Political leadership
Emperor as “Son of Heaven”
Elite noble family
Figurehead over time
Powerful noble families
Military rule

6. Japan Decentralized rule Shogunates (shogun) Decentralized again
800 – 1200 AD
Samurai (“those who serve”
Bushido (“the way of the warrior”
Shogunates (shogun)
1200 – 1400 AD
More centralized
Military government
Decentralized again
1400 – 1600 AD
Daimyos (“great names”)
Feudal system

7. Japan Trade with China & Korea Religion Korea Shinto
Ancestor veneration
Divinity of emperor
Zen (Chan) Buddhism
Self-disciple / meditation
Samurai association
Korea
Spread of Buddhism
Confucian ideals