Chapter 11 SUI TANG AND SONG DYNASTIES SOUTH

Chapter 11 SUI, TANG AND SONG DYNASTIES SOUTH AND EAST ASIAN STATES

CHINESE DYNASTIES � Han (206 BC – 220 AD) � � Huns Sui (581 – 618 AD) Reunification � Grand Canal � � Yellow River (N) � Yangtze River (S) � Rice shipments Tang (618 – 907 AD) � Song (960 – 1279 AD) �

TANG DYNASTY – (618 – 907 AD) Land distribution (peasants) � Civil Service Exams � � � Confucian ideals Expansion Tibet � Silk Road (Buddhism) � � Increased trade C. Asia, Japan, S. E. Asia � Steel swords and cotton � Gunpowder and porcelain � Poetry and art �

SONG DYNASTY – (960 – 1279 AD) Southern Song � Carried on Tang Ideas � Land reform � Paper currency � Scholar gentry � Polo � Neo-Confucianism � Foot binding � � Mongol invasion (1279) � Yuan Dynasty

JAPAN � Early Japan Archipelago � Fertile w/ limited resources � � Political leadership � Emperor as “Son of Heaven” � Elite noble family � Figurehead over time Powerful noble families � Military rule �

JAPAN � Decentralized rule � � Shogunates (shogun) � � 800 – 1200 AD Samurai (“those who serve” Bushido (“the way of the warrior” 1200 – 1400 AD More centralized Military government Decentralized again � � � 1400 – 1600 AD Daimyos (“great names”) Feudal system

JAPAN � � Trade with China & Korea Religion � Shinto Ancestor veneration � Divinity of emperor � � Zen (Chan) Buddhism Self-disciple / meditation � Samurai association � � Korea � � Spread of Buddhism Confucian ideals