Transcript China`s Dynasties

China’s Dynasties
I. A New Chinese Dynasty
Han dynasty ended – A.D. 200
a. followed by 400 years of conflict
2. Tang dynasty A.D. 618
a. reunited China and expanded trade
3. New school of Buddhism developed during
Tang dynasty
a. emphasized relationship between
pupil and teacher
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A. A New Female Emperor
Wu Hou
a. first female ruler
b. supported civil service
c. lowered taxes for peasant farmers
d. forced from throne
2. Tang dynasty ended and chaos begins
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II. Later Dynasties
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Song dynasty restored China
a. artists painted beautiful landscapes
b. porcelain – type of fine pottery
c. invented movable type
i. printing books faster
ii. Led to reading and writing
2. Other inventions
a. abacus
i. counting device with several
columns of beads
b. compass, gunpowder, and ships
A. Yuan Dynasty
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Yuan controlled the largest empire, by
territory, in the world.
Kublai Khan, a Mongol ruled the dynasty
a. soldier’s patrol Silk Road
b. paper money was accepted
c. Marco Polo visited China during this
time.
B. Ming Dynasty
Replaces the Yuan
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Rebuilds the Great Wall
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Began the Imperial City – inside the capital
a. Forbidden City – common people not
allowed
4. Zheng He
a. Chinese admiral and explorer
b. trade and foreign markets
5. Next emperor abandoned the navy and trade
a. China closed to the outside world
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III. China and the West
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Qing dynasty
a. expands empire to Tibet, Mongolia, and
Taiwan
b. rulers believed that non-Chinese were
inferior
Decline of the Qing
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By the middle of the 1800s, the Qing lost
control of China.
China lost a war with Britain, and then was
forced to open its ports to foreign trade.
a. The world had come to China.