Transcript China in the Middle Ages Ch12 S1-4

China in the
Middle Ages
Ch12 S1-4
By Richmond
Using images from
Journey Across Time
China Reunites
• The Sui and Tang dynasties reunited and rebuilt
China after years of war.
• During the Middle Ages,
Chinese rulers brought
peace, order,
and growth to China.
China Reunites
Tang Dynasty China c. A.D. 700
China Reunites
• The Tang dynasty returned to the
ideas of Confucius and created
anew class of scholar officials.
•Buddhism
became a major
religion in China,
but the Chinese
government
supported
Confucian ideas.
Chinese Society
• The Tang dynasty
strengthened China’s
economy by supporting
farming and trade.
•Farming and
trade brought
wealth to
China.
Chinese Society
• During the Tang and the Song dynasties, the
Chinese developed new technology and enjoyed a
golden age of art and writing.
The Mongols in China
• Led by Genghis Khan, the
Mongols built the vast
Mongol Empire, which
stretched from the Pacific
Ocean to the Caspian Sea.
The Mongols in China
•Under his son, Kublai Khan,
they went to conquer China
as well.
•The Mongols conquered
China and created a new
dynasty that traded with the rest of
Asia.
Mongol Empire 1294
The Ming Dynasty
• China’s Ming rulers strengthened government and
brought peace and prosperity.
• Writers produced novels, or long fictional stories,
and Chinese people watched dramas on stage.
•The Ming rulers supported trading voyages
to other parts of Asia and to East Africa.
Ming Dynasty ~AD 1368 to 1644
•A Han Chinese peasant and former Buddhist monk
turned rebel army leader, founded the Ming Dynasty.
•“Zhu” was the family name of the emperors of the Ming
Dynasty.
•Ming means “Brilliant”.
•The Ming, “one of the greatest eras of orderly
government and social stability in human history,” was the
last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Hans.
•Having its capital first at Nanjing, and later at Beijing,
the Ming reached the zenith of power during the first
quarter of the fifteenth century.
•The stability of the Ming Dynasty promoted a belief
among the Chinese that they had achieved the most
satisfactory civilization on earth and that nothing foreign
was needed or welcome.
•In 1644 the Manchu took Beijing from the north and
became masters of North China, establishing the last
imperial dynasty.