Southern and Northern Dynasties

Course: Global History Tutorial group: 150 Tutor: Ms. Hayat Ahlili Word counting: 1099 The Chinese civilization during the Song Dynasty After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a new era in China’s history has started which has gone through an unprecedented growth. In this essay, I will explain the Chinese civilization on the metropolitan web during the Song dynasty, which was during the time period of 960 and 1279. Academic sources are used for information in this essay. The basic…

France wanted to regain control of Vietnam as they had control before WWII and before Japan was in Vietnam. Before this, Ho Chi Minh had organized Viet Minh or the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Immediatly after Japan left, Minh invaded northern Vietnam and declared it a Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The main issue France had with Ho Chi Minh was that he was pro-communist. France then, being afraid of communism due to WWII, began fighting for North Vietnam back. The Cold War was…

The Jingdezhen dish with moulded decoration is not only a work of art, but also an illustration of Yuan-dynasty cultural appropriation and technology development. First and foremost, Yuan dynasty was the first dynasty in Chinese history ruled by Mongols, who are a minority ethnic group. Although the Mongols had ruled China, their government structure was purely that of native Chinese dynasties and most of the Emperors learnt Chinese as their second language. This political guidance promotes the…

in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. It learned how to meddle in the affairs of other nations without the use of force. They also saw strong kingdoms in India that the could see as equals. China came out stronger and more unified after the northern and southern dynasties and…

Neo-Confucianism dominant a primary rule in philosophical ideology during the period from China’s Song dynasty to Ming Dynasty. It is also a form of Confucianism since the development of Neo-Confucianism was the incorporation of Confucianism and use the ideology of Taoism and Buddhism for reference. As in the book Introduction to Confucianism said “This system is built upon the influence of Buddhism: ‘Without the introduction of Buddhism into China, there would have been no Neo-Confucianism”…

been numerous of invaders like Alexander the Great and Muslims, as the Muslim invaded in India they began to locate in northern India and began to settle by establishing small communities in major cities of India. There’s a comparison of the two religion Hinduism and Islam. “In India many Hindu believers lived in southern part of India and those who were Islamic lived in the northern area. Many individuals were Hindu which dwarf Buddhism in India. | Islam was a slow growth in India, many of the…

Wall of China was and still is a very significant man made feature. It is made of stone, bricks, earth, wood and many other components that the people of China could find. It was ordered to be made by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, so that the northern border would be protected against the enemy, such as the Mongolians. All the other borders of China were protected, until 221 BCE, when the Great Wall was opened. The Pacific Ocean protected the Eastern border. The Western border…

The Sumerians developed one of the earliest civilizations on earth from 3500 to 1750BC. Their existence and civilization was not even discovered until the middle of 1800AD. Because the ancient Greeks and Egyptians wrote about the Babylonians most people did not realize that the Sumerians preceded the Babylonians. Furthermore, it was the Sumerians who developed writing, religious and agricultural systems which later the Babylonians continued. During the early 1800's it was the British, German…

became powerless. Yuan became known as the shortest lived of major dynasties lasting only from 1264 to 1368, a mere hundred years. The Yuan was overthrown by a peasant, Chu Yuan-chang, who led a rebel army again the Yuan in 1368. Therefore, Chu was able to declare himself the founder of a new dynasty, the Ming, because Beijing Khans lost legitimacy with Mongols in Mongolia, and Chinese regarded them as bandits, not a legitimate dynasty. Subsequently, Mongols were confined to their original…

reason for this was because of the Song, the Mongols, and the Ming voyages. While China was under rule of these dynasties and “barbarians”, China was able to develop itself and also see changes in how it interacted with the rest of the world. China’s “Golden Age” began with the Tang Dynasty in in 618 CE and continued under the Song Dynasty from 960-1279 CE (1). During the Song dynasty, China experienced extraordinary commercial growth. The growth is considered to be “premodern”. During this era…