Focus Question 11/29/12
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What does Bureaucracy mean? Chinese government was organized into a bureaucracy This means different departments specialized in special functions Focus Question 11/29/12
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Focus Question 11/29/12. What does Bureaucracy mean? Chinese government was organized into a bureaucracy This means different departments specialized in special functions. Tang and Song Dynasties. Tang . Tang and Song Politcal :. Tang. Song. Known as the “The Golden Age“ - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What does Bureaucracy mean? Chinese government was organized into a
bureaucracyThis means different departments specialized in
special functions
Focus Question 11/29/12
Tang
Tang and Song Dynasties
TangKnown as the “The
Golden Age“Reunited China and
brought peace and prosperity
Government took census, gave examinations over Confucian text for positions, and built public works.
Conquered Korea and Manchuria
Emerged in the SouthBuilt upon the
Achievements of the TangSong China was most
populous and advanced civilization of its day
greatest threat was the northern tribes. Song allied with the Mongols.
Mongols soon overran the Empire-Yuan Dynasty
Tang and Song Politcal:Song
Tang Revived feudal relationships Under early Tang, every
adult received fixed amount of land from government
Peasants performed hard labor for the government and paid taxes in the form of grain and silk.
Benefited in the Silk Road; trade with Persia, Arabia, Japan and the Byzantine Empire.
First paper currency(made it possible to pay taxes with money instead of grain)
Minted strings of standardized coins
Eliminated forced labor for the emperor
All of this brought about a large increase in farm production=greater wealth for China.
Grand Canal used to ship grain within china
Silk Road
Economic:Song
Tang Confucianism Confucianism
ReligionSong
Tang Women to obey her
father, husband, and son
Gained respect with birth of a son
foot binding
Women to obey her father, husband, and son
Gained respect with birth of a son
foot binding lived in larger towns
and cities *Song capital housed more than a million people!
SocialSong
TangAdvances in
architecture, sculpture, and painting stimulated by its contacts with India and the Middle East
literature and art thrived in this dynasty
map making, medicine, block printing
Advances from the Tang Dynasty in science, mathematics and technology
Astronomers-new instruments
Acupuncture Introduced gunpowder in
warCompass for navigation invented moveable type for
printing
IntellectualSong
China influence on Japan was immense however Japan was not a carbon copy of China.
Things China InfluencedArtDanceWritingFood/CookingStyle and tasteModeled the imperial court after the China
China’s Influence on Japan
Japan’s SocietyJapan had the
Feudalism much longer than any other country due their policy of isolation
