Sui Dynasty 581 AD 618 AD Reuniting China

Sui Dynasty 581 AD – 618 AD

Reuniting China n After the Han Dynasty ended in 220 AD, China divided in dozens of rival kingdoms. n Emperor Wen (also called Yang Jian) founded the Sui Dynasty after reuniting the Northern and Southern rival kingdoms through a war violent campaign. n Sui Yangde was the second and last Sui Emperor.

Sui Yangdi

Why We Remember Sui Yangdi… n Completed labor the Grand Canal with forced n When there weren’t enough men to do the work, he drafted women to work on the canal. n Because of taxes, war policies, and forced labor he was generally hated. n So, someone murdered him, and that was the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Empress Xiao

Tang Dynasty 618 AD – 907 AD

Tang Dynasty n Restored merit-based civil service system n Distributed n Took land to peasants over Tibet n Traded with Southwest Asia n Invention of printing – The Diamond Sutra § the earliest known printed document in the world

Tang Dynasty n Gunpowder n Began invented to make steel n Started using cotton n Invented the firelance, which could shoot out a fireball reaching up to 40 yards n Silk Road re-established for the first time since the fall of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire.

Song Dynasty 960 AD – 1279 AD

Song Dynasty n Immediately had trouble with the Mongolian population to the north of them control of Tibet n Retreated south and made the capital Hangzhou n The Song Dynasty was the China described by Marco Polo n Lost n Eventually overthrown by the Mongols