EXPANSION OF ASIA: 600 TO 1450AP World History

Ms. Kamburov

Chinese Dynasties Chronology Shang Zhou

Period of Warring States Qin Han Tang Song

Brief period of Mongol rule Ming

Tang & Song

Grouped together Tang expanded China

Fell due to overexpansion and feuds between local warlords

Song Fell due to Mongol invasion

Eventually Mongols were driven out and replaced with the Ming dynasty

Tang Expansion

Song

Tang & Song Accomplishments Tang – most famous for poetry

Tells us about daily life in China during that time

Under the Song dynasty, China developed printing processes (also increased use of gunpowder) This facilitated the spread of literacy and

later influenced education, etc. in Korea & Japan

DQ: Where else did printing processes simultaneously develop?

Tang Poetry

At Parting by Wang Wei

I dismount from my horse and I offer you wine,

And I ask you where you are going and why.

And you answer: "I am discontent

And would rest at the foot of the southern mountain.

So give me leave and ask me no questions.

White clouds pass there without end."

Political Stability

Under the Tang & Song dynasties, China was very stable Bureaucratic system based on merit

Thus, civil service became a meritocracy as opposed to aristocracy

DQ: Who developed this system? Extensive transportation and communication

network within empire Introduction of paper money and letters of credit Urban base (e.g. Tang power was concentrated in

Chang’an)

Wu Zhao

First and only Empress of China

Ruled under the Tang dynasty

Ironically, China was at this time (600 – 1450) highly patriarchal Women enjoyed

very few rights Foot-binding

widespread under the Song dynasty

Medical Effects

Medical Effects

Japan

Most important ruling family was the Yamato clan – the first and ONLY dynasty to rule Japan Eventually government fell into the

control of the Fujiwara family while the emperor remained a figurehead

Feudalism in Japan

Developed around the same time as in Europe1. Emperor – king/monarch2. Shogun – chief general or high lord3. Daimyo samurai – lords or knights4. Lesser samurai – given land by

daimyo samurai5. Peasants & artisans

Samurai

Followed the Code of Bushido Similar to Code of

Chivalry for European knights

Stressed loyalty, courage & honor If a samurai failed

to meet his obligations, he was supposed to commit suicide

The Mongols

Nomads Superb horsemen and archers Rivalries between tribes and clans prevented

unity until Genghis Khan set them on a unified path of expansion Led the Mongol invasion of China Eventually the Mongol Empire spanned from the

Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe Golden Horde in Russia DQ: What major trade routes can you identify in the

following map?

Mongol Empire