Post on 23-Dec-2015
New Empires in Asia
China’s Great Dynasties
China’s Great Dynasties: Vocabulary
• Grand Canal
• Porcelain
• Silk Road
China’s Great Dynasties: Vocabulary
• Grand Canal: Connected Huang and Chang Rivers
• Porcelain: fine pottery
• Silk Road: road connecting Asia to Europe
China’s Dynasties: Tang Dynasty People
• Wu Hou:
Female leader of Tang
China’s Dynasties: Tang Dynasty Events
• 618-907 • Developed the Great
Wall and Grand Canal• Wu Hou became
emperor
China’s Dynasties
Song
China’s Dynasties: Song Dynasty Places
• 960-1127
• Guangzhou: key port city for trade
China’s Dynasties: Song Dynasty Events
• Developed important trade centers, paintings, books, and porcelain
• Guangzhou: key port city for trade
• Invaded from north
China’s Dynasties: Yuan Dynasty People
• Genghis Khan: leader of Yuan, military/political leader who used fear
• Kublai Khan: grandson of Genghis, leader of Yuan who attacked S. China
China’s Dynasties: Yuan Dynasty People
• Marco Polo: Italian who traveled on silk road and wrote about his adventure
China’s Dynasties: Yuan Dynasty Places
• 1206-1368• Silk Road
China’s Dynasties: Yuan Dynasty Events
• 1206-1368• Khans in power• Expanded canal• Patrolled Silk Road• Marco Polo key person• Developed nation wide
currency
China’s Dynasties:Ming Dynasty People
• Zheng He: Ming admiral who went
on seven voyages
China’s Dynasties: Ming Dynasties
Places
• 1405-1600• Forbidden City
China’s Dynasties: Ming Dynasties
Events• 1405-1600• Zheng He traveled and
traded• Forbidden City was were
leaders ruled from• Porcelain is key to culture• Inward look• Closed to foreigners
China’s DynastiesTang Song Yuan Ming
Time
Leaders
Cultural
achievement
Government acheivement
Decline
China’s DynastiesTang Song Yu
anMing
Time 618-907
Leaders Wu Hou
Cultural Trade
Arts-stonebuddas
Diversity- Indias/W.Asians
Government Great wall and grand canal
Centralized and stabilized
Decline Arabs defeated in the west
China’s DynastiesTang Song Yu
anMing
Time 960-1127
Leaders
Cultural Painting and porcelain at peak
Landscaping key
Guangzhou key port city
Government Gun powder, explosives
Money and currency
Decline Invaders from north
China’s DynastiesTang Song Yuan Ming
Time 1206-1368
Leaders Genghis Khan: military/political
Kublai Khan: attacked S China, Mongols in charge
Cultural Grand Canal expanded
Silk Road is key between Asia to Europe
Government Mongols in power
Currency/paper is nation wide
Local government in power
Decline Flood, famine, disease, rebels
China’s DynastiesTang Song Yua
nMing
Time 1405-1600
Leaders Zheng He: Ming admiral
Confucian Scholars: took power in 1424, look inward
Cultural Strengthen and extended great wall
Closed to world
Government Forbidden City: walled area in Beijing
Closed to common people and foreigners
Look inward
Control trade
Decline Starvation, rebellions, and riots