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