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1.1: East Asia, 1200-1450

East Asia

Major Dynasties

Sui

  • 581-618

  • Founded by Yang Jian

  • Reunited China through conquest of Chen Dynasty

  • Constructed Grand Canal between Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

  • Fostered trade networks between Northern and Southern China

Tang

  • 618-907

  • Created strong, centralized Chinese government

  • Era of peace and prosperity

  • Cosmopolitan culture built by trade and art

  • Many distinct forms of artistic expression

    • Song, dance, art, writing

  • Military campaigns against Turks

  • Succeeded by Five Dynasties and Ten Kings Period

Song

  • 960-1279

  • Expanded trade

  • Standardized paper currency

  • Strong central government with merit-based administration, beginning the civil service exam system and introducing the scholar gentry social class

    • Bureaucracy: a large, complex organization that is characterized by a hierarchical structure, a division of labor, and a set of rules and procedures that govern the way it operates

    • Meritocracy: a society or organization in which individuals are selected and promoted based on their merit, or their ability and talent

    • Scholar gentry: a social class in ancient and imperial China that comprised well-educated individuals who were involved in the administration of the government

Chinese Social Structures

  • Hierarchical

    • Top tier: Emperor

    • High middle tier: Scholar gentry, nobility

    • Low middle tier: Peasants

    • Botton tier: Merchants

  • Patriarchal

    • Dominated by men/fathers rather than women/mothers

1.1: East Asia, 1200-1450

East Asia

Major Dynasties

Sui

  • 581-618

  • Founded by Yang Jian

  • Reunited China through conquest of Chen Dynasty

  • Constructed Grand Canal between Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

  • Fostered trade networks between Northern and Southern China

Tang

  • 618-907

  • Created strong, centralized Chinese government

  • Era of peace and prosperity

  • Cosmopolitan culture built by trade and art

  • Many distinct forms of artistic expression

    • Song, dance, art, writing

  • Military campaigns against Turks

  • Succeeded by Five Dynasties and Ten Kings Period

Song

  • 960-1279

  • Expanded trade

  • Standardized paper currency

  • Strong central government with merit-based administration, beginning the civil service exam system and introducing the scholar gentry social class

    • Bureaucracy: a large, complex organization that is characterized by a hierarchical structure, a division of labor, and a set of rules and procedures that govern the way it operates

    • Meritocracy: a society or organization in which individuals are selected and promoted based on their merit, or their ability and talent

    • Scholar gentry: a social class in ancient and imperial China that comprised well-educated individuals who were involved in the administration of the government

Chinese Social Structures

  • Hierarchical

    • Top tier: Emperor

    • High middle tier: Scholar gentry, nobility

    • Low middle tier: Peasants

    • Botton tier: Merchants

  • Patriarchal

    • Dominated by men/fathers rather than women/mothers

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