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17 Cards in this Set
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Sui Dynasty: Major Projects |
+Construction of palaces and granaries +Repairing the Great Wall +High Taxes and compulsory services +Grand Canal integrated economies of north and south |
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Sui Dynasty: Political/Military Expansions |
+Restoration of centralized imperial rule in China
+Military expeditions to expand political boundaries in Central Asia |
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Sui Dynasty: The Fall |
+High taxes and forced labor generated hostility among the people
+Military reverses in Korea +Rebellions broke out in north China +Yangdi was assassinated |
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Tang Dynasty: Key Figures |
Tang Taizong was the founder of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Ganzhou built military reforms. Empress Wu was the first and only female to rule after husband. She supported women's rights in education and publishing. |
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Tang Dynasty: Projects |
+Women's rights in education, publishing +Printing Press; movable type +reformed military +created new law codes ( Confucian ideals ) +civil service exam |
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Tang Dynasty: The Fall |
Fell due to chaos and rebellion. 55 year period of chaos known as Five Dynasties period follows after fall.
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Song Dynasty: Key Figures |
Emperor Taizu built military reforms with maritime trade with navy and soldiers. |
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Song Dynasty: Projects |
+Adoption of Buddhism +Advancement in art, literature, philosophy +New ways of thought for meditation and enlightenment +New irrigation techniques, underground wells, dragon backbone pump +Canal system; farmlands productive with fast-growing rice +Cotton, production of tea (from England) +Paper currency, tri-continent trade +Porcelain; merchants of high status |
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Song Dynasty: The Fall |
The Mongols conquered and destroyed the Song Dynasty. |
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Yuan Dynasty/Mongol: Key Figures |
+Established by Mongol nomads that ruled portions and eventually all of China +Genghis Khan was able to unify the Mongols under his leadership +Kublai Khan final consolidating |
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Yuan Dynasty/Mongol: Projects |
+final consolidating came under Genghis' grandson Kublai Khan +political subdivisions +rebuilt the Grand Canal +put roads and postal stations in order +New cultural achievements +Buddhist art, plays, and drama performances +utilized foreigners ( ex. Marco Polo ) |
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Yuan Dynasty/Mongol: Political/Military Expansions |
+continued to extend their control over north and south China
+centralized bureaucracy +rationalized taxation system +Vast empire = more-extensive foreign trade +maintained their separateness from the native population |
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Yuan Dynasty/Mongol: The Fall |
Revolts in the mid-14th century led to the final overthrow of the Yuan |
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Ming Dynasty: Key Figures |
Admiral Zheng He led a fleet of treasure ships full of treasures, navigators, explorers, sailors, doctors, workers, Muslim teachers, and soldiers to other countries |
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Ming Dynasty: Advancements |
+recreate Chinese cultural traditions like Confucianism and Civil Service Exam +China became rich from porcelain trade to Europe in exchange for silver +Capital moved to Beijing = time of great wealth +Rice tributary system, tea, active trading |
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Ming Dynasty:Political/Military Expansions |
+Ming Navy expeditions to East and South East Asia, India, the Persia Gulf, the Middle East, and East Africa
+Ming Navy for coastal trading +Greatest commercial naval power +Centralized authority |
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Ming Dynasty: The Fall |
Aggressive military expansion of the Machus +Government bankruptcy from fighting and peasants were broke +Constant taxes imposed to pay the armies to fight |
