Yuan Dynasty

From 1200 to 1750 C.E., Confucianism continued to be widely practiced religion amongst Chinese citizens (CONT). In 1200 C.E., the traditional philosophies and religions of China continued under the rule of the Yuan dynasty. By 1750 C.E., despite the rise and fall of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Confucianism…

rivals, Mongolian, Manchu or Chinese, and to gain the benefits of trade at Russian fortress towns, while the Russians steadily pushed for the subordination of individual tribes to the Tsar. The Russians entered the Mongolian steppes and as the Ming dynasty was in decline. China had little political influence in the region, but the lure of its market for furs drew the Russian steadily eastward. Even in this early period, it became clear that Russo-Mongol relations would be tense, because Mongols…

1000 to AD 1600, China was united under the Song dynasty. The Song dynasty began in 960 and persisted until 1279. During this era, China became the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes and was the first government in China to establish a permanent-standing navy. The Song dynasty is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern. Following the Song dynasty was the Yuan dynasty, also known as the Great Yuan. This dynasty lasted from 1271 to 1368 and was…

Gold In the ancient Chinese dynasties has been represented in different material. Before the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC- 403BC). Gold often was represented bronze, which was the dominate and widespread material other than iron. Ancient people did not understand so much about gold, and also the limited availability of gold. Precious metal gold was not utilized regularly until a few dynasties later. However, After the Warring States Period (403BC- 221BC). People started to consider in which…

Do you know why Tang Dynasty is called "The Golden Time"of China?Some one may think China became prosperous in the gold rush.The Tang Dynasty is the golden time of China because Chinese made a big revolution into different area,such as literature and politic . In A.D.618,one of the Yang Di’s generals took over China.he made himself emperor and founded a new dynasty called Tang Dynasty.(connect2)There was quite simply,nothing like it in the world.At its height-around the eight century C.E-the…

the bronze ritual vessels of the Shang and Zhou Dynasty. Then we examined the different Hu’s of the Han Dynasty. We also watched the progression of Buddhist sculptures in the 3rd and 4th century. With the course ending we see the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the 10th century, and the emergence of Chinese Landscape painting. The past couple weeks, we were introduced to a variety of painters and their paintings from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Today we will focus on a painting produced…

china would hold events where actors would dress as animals with horned head gear an battle aka act out the fight for the amusement of a crowd but would often also involve comedy for the entertainment of the king. Third is Tang dances,during the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) was…

ancient times rulers based their right to govern on the mandate of heaven. if there was a natural disaster, then people have the right to overthrow. They thought that if there was a natural disaster, then the gods did not want him to rule. The Han dynasty held power for more than 400 years. The Han governed bureaucracy later China prospered and became corrupt. Dishonest relatives and servants seized control over the government. this led warlords to oppose the Emperor and fight with one…

Han Dynasty The Han Dynasty most famous for its beautiful, breathtaking wall painting. During the Han Dynasty things such as calligraphy, poetry and wall paintings were admired and respected and most often plastered or printed. In this, Dynasty a popular trend in painting was wall painting holding the themes of famous portraits, scenes from China 's history. Furthermore, artists would paint on objects such as clay, giving incredible detail to the piece. Most artwork in this Dynasty was…

resentment to the Qing; the Boxer rising of 1900-01 and also, Yuan Shikai (the man with most…