Yuan Shikai

The 13th century from 1201 to 1300 was considered by some scholars to have been “the greatest of centuries”, in truth to some notable cultural highlights of major importance. During this time period arose to the world, the nomadic peoples of Central Asia, the Mongols. The Mongols conquered places in Russia , Northern China, Persia and Central Asia. Yet in their triumphs the Mongols were and still are classified as the most barbaric of the “barbarians” to have ever reigned over the world, because…

TOPIC 3: The changing literary and visual representations of China by Westerners in the history One of the oldest countries in the world, China, is also one of the four ancient civilization. For long stretches of history, China had their glory but also had a hard time, and the changed of China also changed impression on westerners by their literary or visual representations. In the 13th - 14th century, Genghis Khan established the Mongolia regime, built the Empire of Mongolia and began his…

Song to Qing’s Commercial and Society In later imperial period China, Chinese society was constantly developing commercialization. Song dynasty, Northern Song and Southern Song, both located their capital at a communication center: near yellow river and Yangzi river. As the result, two capitals had become highly commercialized administration cities. Until early Qing dynasty, there were more open trades with western world, as well as more developed internal trading routes; the commercialization…

Over, the course of this class we have watched how Chinese art has changed throughout history. We first witnessed 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…

INTRODUCTION The samurai is a class of highly skilled warriors, constantly developed in Japan after Taika reform of 646 CE. The reforms included land redistribution and heavy new taxes, meant to support and elaborate Chinese-style empire. Samurai is usually assigned in Japanese as bush or buke, were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. HISTORY The samurai is a class of highly expertise warriors, deliberately developed in Japan after the Taika reforms of 646 CE. The…

The Mongol Empire made an impact on the world as we know it today. They are considered one of the most successful empires to ever rule. The Mongols were ruled by Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, who is the grandson of Genghis. They ruled somewhere between 1200 and 1360 B.C. The Mongols ruled for a very short period of time, but ruled very effectively. They ruled throughout central Asia and China. The Mongols made a very positive impact on the world. For example, they allowed religious freedom,…

The Mongolian Empire The magnetic compass was made for navigating the oceans. The Chinese used them for rituals, but later on they used them for navigation, and the compass helped them to find their ways to fight their enemies. The Mongolians ruled from 1260 - 1368. About 108 years. The Mongolian rule had a positive impact on China. One example is Pax Mongolica. Pax Mongolica brought peace to China. Genghis Khan united all of China. That was the first time in over 300 years that China was…

Conquered on horseback, the Mongolian Empire was the Largest Empire during the Medieval Times. The Empire began in 1206 and ended in 1368 under the rule of Kublai Khan. The Mongols were a group of nomadic tribes who lived in the Steppes and moved from place to another. In 1206, Genghis Khan joined the different tribes in Mongolia and led his people to achieve his dream of conquering the whole world. The Mongolian Empire was successful because of their society, technology and military techniques…

There are about 4200 religions in the world today along with a growth rate of 2.9% new technology’s worldwide each year. Both technologies and religions have originated from all parts of the world and effected our world greatly today. Many of these religion and technologies have originated from early Chinese civilizations from the preaching of Buddha to the accidental creation of fireworks. Many people in our society believe that Chinese did have a lot of influence on much of the world today,…

In 1276, the Mongols captured China's imperial capital. Later the emperor of the song died in a fight. The Mongol leader was named Kublai Khan. He then took the title of Emperor of China. Kublai Khan called his dynasty the Yuan Dynasty. For nearly 100 years China was under the rule of the Mongols. The Chinese society will divide into four classes. The Mongols were at the top of next came foreigners from the outside who were their friends. The foreigners were Tibetans Persians…