Imperial China I The Sung Dynasty 1 Northern

I. Sung Dynasty (Continued)… 2. “Most advanced culture in the world” by 1200 AD

3. Sung Culture a. Farmers = peasants = poor -forced to pay high taxes

II. The Mongols (from Central China) History 1. Genghis Khan 1200 s a. Fierce

II. The Mongols: Continued… Empire 3. Mongol Empire a. Constructed roads & canals b.

III. The Ming Dynasty 1. Strengthen China (at first) a. Silk trade -boost economy

IV. The Ch’ing Dynasty 1. Fear of Revolution a. All men wear braids -symbol

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Imperial China I. The Sung Dynasty 1. Northern China (960 AD) a. Protected by Great Wall b. Attacked by Manchurian Nomads -set up Chin Dynasty -Capital @ Peking c. Sung moved south -Capital @ Hangchow CHINA DIVIDED Chin in the North Sung in the South

I. Sung Dynasty (Continued)… 2. “Most advanced culture in the world” by 1200 AD a. Large Cities -paved streets -sanitary dept. b. Advancements -medicine -art -mathematics -gunpowder

3. Sung Culture a. Farmers = peasants = poor -forced to pay high taxes -forced into minor jobs -street sweeping -trash collection b. Women considered inferior -Foot binding -painful process -self-debilitating -symbol of inferiority -dependent on others

II. The Mongols (from Central China) History 1. Genghis Khan 1200 s a. Fierce Warriors b. Conquered China, Russia & Muslim Empire 2. Kublai Khan a. Conquered Sung Dynasty b. Mongols = Largest Chinese Empire

II. The Mongols: Continued… Empire 3. Mongol Empire a. Constructed roads & canals b. Built hospitals c. Rebuilt Capital Peking d. Solution for starvation -surplus food storage e. Contact with Europeans -Marco Polo -Italian Explorer -lived in China 17 yrs. -wrote about China -encouraged other westerners to go to China

III. The Ming Dynasty 1. Strengthen China (at first) a. Silk trade -boost economy b. expanded Capital Peking 2. Decline of the Ming a. Isolationism b. End trade -loss of money -raise taxes c. Peasant uprisings -loss of law and order d. Ask Manchu Dynasty for help -Manchus attacked the Ming & took over -started the Ch’ing Dynasty

IV. The Ch’ing Dynasty 1. Fear of Revolution a. All men wear braids -symbol of Ch’ing control 2. Emperor Ch’ien Lung a. Expand China -Korea, Mongolia, Manchuria, Indochina & Tibet. -hard to feed & control -rigid class system -Revolution in 1911 -1912 A young revolutionary shouts out "Awake quickly!! Let all you brothers rouse your spirits, " and uses his writing brush to sweep the old regime from the face of the earth. Cartoon from the radical People's Sigh, May, 1909.