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9 Cards in this Set
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Post Han |
Collapsed at 220 AD Discredited Confucianism Reunified by Sui, Tang, Song Neo-Confucianiasm Art, literature, poetry, ceramics Civil service rigged for rich kids Productive rice from Vietnam Population increase |
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Unified China Post Han |
Rivers and canals Industrialization Moveable type books Taxes in coin, not silk Credit, promissory notes Increasing patriarchy, Song Femininity is weakness Foot binding Silk weaving is man's work |
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Northern Nomads |
Drawn to wealth China saw barbarians China is "middle kingdom" No value outside Tribute system, trade after submission Protection money Preferred to collect extortion money |
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Nomad Influence |
Retained culture Sui and Tang let influence in, mixed ancestry Western is fancied Traditional south Chinese critical of women's freedom in north |
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Korea and China |
Elites embraced courtly life, administration, Confucianism, Buddhism, patriarchy Commons didn't change, save Buddhism Koreans developed alphabet, slavery and serfdom |
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Vietnam |
Maintained relative political independence Vietnam "southern extension" Female buddha, nature deities |
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Japan |
Separated, voluntary adoption More clan based, but changed to mimic Chinese court and administration Both Buddhism and Confucianism Feudalism Samurai warrior class Warrior virtues Buddhism absorbed native religion, sacred spirits Elite women were literate Isumi Shikibu had affair with 2 princes, prolific writer of poetry (sex and religion) |
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Eurasian Economy |
Paper, salt, printing, gunpowder/cannons Cotton and sugar from India Efficient rice from Vietnam (adapted for drier and rugged regions) Ports of S China trade with Indian Ocean societies Merchants became accepted with appointment to high ranking bureaucratic positions |
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Buddhism |
Only large scale borrowing by Chinese Entered via silk road Foothold similar to Christianity Monasteries (state controlled) provided social services Mahayana Buddhism Translated to Confucian beliefs to promote acceptance Fell out of favor in 8th 9th cen with rebellion and xenophobia
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