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10 Cards in this Set
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dynastic order
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qin
han sui tang song yuan ming |
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dynastic cycle
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-restores peace
-appoints legal officers -redistributes land to peasants -builds canals, irrigation systems, and roads -repairs defensive walls |
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mandate of heaven
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-right to rule with heaven's blessings. if you rule badly, you lose the mandate
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tang
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-the middle kingdom expands
-set up schools to train bureaucrats -china conquers territories deep into central asia. armies also force neighboring lands of vietnam, tibet, and korea to become tributary states -restore previous han systems of uniform and government -enlarge civil service -developed a felxible law code -built canals and dams encouraged trade and transportation (silk road) |
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song
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-golden age
-chinese economy expanded new development in rice farming (two rice crops a year) -surplus of rice means that people could pursue activities such as commerce, learning, or the arts -built better ships to promote trade -porcelain arts (ceramics) invented -government issued paper money -cities with million + population |
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yuan
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kublai khan
-controled: china, korea. tibet and vietnam -attmpted to combine chinese confucianism and their own laws -resulted in an uneasy period where the top levels or the bureaucracy were fulled by mongols but local officails still controlled the provinces -role of women expanded -important foreign visitors attended mongols' court: ibn battuta and marco polo |
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organization and movement of chinese society
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emperor
court gentry peasants merchants |
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confucianism
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-developed by confucius
-5 basic relationsips: --ruler and sybject --parent and child --husband and wife (paternal) --older brother and younger brother --friend and friend -concerned with life on earth (no mandate of heaven) -desired a return of harmony |
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taoism
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-founded by lao-tze
-philosophy and religion --simplicity --meditation --a closeness with nature -concerned with the acheivements of a good society -ying-yang -technoligical d3vlopment in astronomy. chemistry and botany, gunpwder, magnetic compass |
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buddhism
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-founded by siddhara guatama
-originated in india -four noble truths: --suffering and misery are universal --follow the middle way --escape from want and desire; end suffering --cause of suffering is desire -nirvana: wanting nothing |
