Ch.10 Persia Chart

Dynasty Dates Capital

Politics

Economics

Religion

Social Structure

Individuals

Achievements

Defeat

Han

Sui

Tang

Song

Yuan (Mongols)

Ming

202 BCE-221 CE 581-618

618-907

960-1279

1279-1340s

Chang'an

Chang'an

Hangzhou

Karakorum, Khanbaliq Nanjing, Beijing ( Beijing)

-CSE -hard to control aristocrats -cent. gov.

-Diplomatic relations with the states of southeast Asia -CSEs -gentry

-Weakened by internal factionalism -limited aristocratic control -CSEs in 3 parts -magistrate

-empire divided into khanates. -admin/3=civilian, military and censorate

-Villages were autonomous

-clans Exported grains -gov. control trade

-Equal field system -salt monopoly -cotton -Silk Road -sea trade

-Yangtze RV new irrigation -fast growing rice

-silk road trade -paved highway

-Factories and workshops manufactured goods -new crops

Confucianism

Buddhism Confucianism

Confucianism

Confucianism Buddhism

Confucianism

Chang'an

Daoism Buddhism

-peasants do labor -merchants viewed as parasites

-Broad mix of officials, merchants, artisans, touts -rigid separation of classes -*butchers, actors,whores -Villagers rarely left confines of town -WOMEN=SUBORDINATE, foot binding

aristocrats=admin. -pop. doubled position commoners=farmer and merchants Khubilai Khan Genghis Khan (Temuchin)

Zhu Yuanzhang Emperor Yongle Zhenghe Emperor Jianwen Wang Yangming

-prosperity

-Great Wall reconstruction -

Liu Bang(Han Gaozu)

Yang Jian

Li Yuan

Sui Yangdi

Tang Taizong Xuanzong Yang Guifei Wu Zhao (Emprs. Wu)

CSE, traded far, rudder, paper, iron, textiles

Built great canals -steel -Gun powder -paper money -compass

Nomadic invaders Death of ruler

1369-1644

Khitan and Kirghis

Song Taizu Wang Anshi Zhu Xi

Mongols (Yuan)

Over spending, factionalism, corruption, famine