Song Dynasty

The Land of Abundance-Chengdu Chengdu is the capital city of Sichuan Province and it is center of science and technology, commerce in China's southwestern region. Chengdu city is located in the western of Sichuan Basin and the central of Chengdu Plains. It is common knowledge that Chengdu is rich in products and the agriculture in Chengdu has been well developed. As early as 3500 BC to 2000 BC, there was the first group of people in this land and the city was also known as "become the capital…

of the Qing dynasty who reigned from 1850 until 1861. Cixi was one of the many concubines and wives of Hsien-Feng, but the only one with whom he got a child, a son named…

Lynna Hong Stefan Chrissanthos History 110A 16 April 2017 Han Dynasty The Han Dynasty was one of the great dynasties of Ancient China. It it deemed to be the most successful dynasties of China and played a major part in the advancement of Chinese Civilization. It reigned over China for one of the longest periods reigning from 206 BCE to 220 CE. The Han Dynasty was important because it brought upon new cultural and technological advancements and during this time they experienced political,…

Historically,china has been credited for some of the world‘s most life-changing inventions for many years. For many years China gained much wealth by creating such inventions. Some of the most influential ancient Chinese inventions include gunpowder, the Silk Road, and paper. The accidental discovery of gunpowder was made way back in the 8th century A.D. Chinese alchemist were actually searching for the elixir of life, when it became clear that if you mixed sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter it…

archaeological site in Changsha, China. Mawangdui is from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) period. This site is important because the Chinese found a body which was still intact from thousands of years ago. Mawangdui has helped the Chinese learn more about their culture. This site has had a huge impact on the Chinese society. In one of the results of their discoveries, the Chinese archaeologists found differences in their culture. During the Han Dynasty people in Mawangdui ate lots of rice,…

workings of the government. The Sui government has been the (solid basic structure on which bigger things can be built) for all governments, which have followed. The complicated local governments needed simplification. Politics of the The Sui dynasty: The Sui dynasty essentially started with the leadership of Yang Jian in 581 in northern China. By 581, he conquered all of China by assimilating several weak states of southern China using skillful propaganda, river and land campaigns, and…

Ming Dynasty Did you know that in China “Ming” means bright? The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644. This was a period of native chinese leadership that came in between Mongol and Manchu rule. Hongwu Emperor or “Zhu Yuanzhang” was the founder of the Ming Dynasty or “Brilliant” Dynasty. The Hongwu Emperor founded the Ming Dynasty in 1328, he died in 1398. He was the first Ming ruler to explore ways to protect China against the Mongol incursion. The beginning of the Ming Dynasty was…

After the Han dynasty china was split into 3 different kingdoms. There are different reasons that china split into 3 kingdoms. What do u think it was like in china during the middle ages ? What type of religion was there in china during the middle ages ? One thing was that they were really powerful at some points in there times. The Sui dynasty started in 580 .Some reasons that the Sui kingdom fell apart were traders, bad army, and money problems. The last ruler before it fell apart was…

Buddhism dominated China in the Tang dynasty, and Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucianism dominated China in the Song dynasty when Aztec believed polytheism. Because of this religious difference, Mesoamerica and China had distinctive social aspects, such as gender equality and the status of merchants. However, there is a similar political phenomenon in political features such as a decline of military skills for religious beliefs. Both Mesoamerica and China became a patriarchal society as…

several dynasties. However, this changed after Empress Wu Zetian redirected society to Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. Her rule was the catalyst for a series of new religious and philosophical ideals present throughout the Song and Qing dynasties. When the Song Dynasty reverted back to Confucianism, they introduced new principles and new expectations, especially focusing on the arts as opposed to simply family. The subsequent Qing Dynasty focused on the importance of unifying Chinese…