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Valhalla High School Bentley AP World Ch. 15

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show After the fall of the Han dynasty, turmoil lasted for 350 years in China until the creation of the Sui dynasty. The Sui dynasty was located in the northern Chinese state of Sui.   Reunification of China came about in 589 with the Sui dynasty ruler of Yang Jian. During the Sui dynasty, palaces as well as granaries were constructed, the Great Wall of China was repaired, and artificial water ways were utilized to connect economies.   (589-618 C.E.)   15   Central Asia and Southern China  
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show The Tang dynasty was founded and named after a rebel leader who seized Chang’an when the Sui dynasty was brought to a finish.   The dynasty lasted for almost three hundred years. Tang rulers organized China into a powerful, dynamic, and successful civilization through transportation, communication, the equal field system, the bureaucracy of merit, and military expansion.   (618-907 C.E.)   15   Central Asia and Southern China  
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Song Dynasty   Following the collapse of the Tang dynasty, warlords regulated Chinese affairs until the rise of the Song dynasty.   Agricultural developments, such as fast-rippening rice, increased food supplies, which boosted the population numbers. Porcelain Chinaware, amplified iron metallurgy, weapons, gunpowder “south-pointing needle” were technological progressions.   (960-1279 C.E.)   show Jiuquan, China  
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Dunhuang   show Buddhists in Dunhuang accumulated libraries of religious literature and operated scriptoria to generate Buddhist texts. The Dunhuang establishment served as a foothold for Buddhism in the Chinese Society.   4th century   15   Central Asia and Southern China  
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Vietnam   During the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese armies migrated into a region called Nam Viet (Vietnam). The dynasty absorbed the foreign land into their realm. Vietnam exemplified the expansion and influence of Chinese culture.   Due to rebellions by the Viet people, independence was gained as the Tang Dynasty fell in the 10th century. Vietnam adopted political and cultural Chinese traditions, which reflected the formation of a larger East Asian society base on Chinese life-style.   show 15   Southeastern Asia  
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show Korea, like Vietnam, exemplified the expansion and influence to Chinese culture.   Royal officials of the Korean government styled their policies off of the Chinese court and bureaucracy. They also collected tradition Chinese literature for Korean usage. Korean interest in Confucian tradition encouraged the popularity of the religion.   Around the 7th century   15   Southern Asia  
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Guangzhou   A southern Chinese port city with a large populace.   The rebel general, Huang Chao, massacred 120,000 foreigners at Guangzhou and he exposed it to a "reign of terror".   show 15   China  
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Luoyang   show The city port supported the Chinese Cosmopolitan society and allowed intercultural connection.   (Between 500-1000 C.E)   15   China  
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Hangzhou   The capital of the Southern Song dynasty that had more than one million residents.   Hangzhou was one of the cities that marked the urbanizational change that was occurring in China. Agricultural techniques resulted in population growth, which made China more urbanized.   show 15   Southern China  
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Xuangzang   devout Buddhist monk who traveled to India, homeland of Buddhism, despite the fact that the emperor of China forbade his subjects to travel beyond Chinese borders into central Asia. He wanted to learn about his faith from the purest sources.   Even though he violated the ban on travel, he came back glorified and popularized Buddhism in China   show 15   China  
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show Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Embarked of a series of military campaigns that brought all of China under centralized imperial rule.   As a boy, he claimed the throne and the Mandate of Heaven. Sent military expeditions into central Asia and southern China. Undertook many public works such as defensive walls, levied high taxes, and demanded labor services.   (580-604 c.e)   15   House of Sui ruled all of China  
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Sui Yangdi   Second emperor, oversaw building of the Grand Canal. Attempted unsuccessfully to capture Korea.   The construction projects depended on high taxes and forced labor, created hostility towards his rule. Subjects revolted against Sui when the the military in Korea reversed its expeditions. In 618, a disgruntled minister assassinated the emperor   (604-618 c.e.)   15   show
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Tang Taizong   show Created a stable centralized government. During Tang: extensive communications networks, equal-field system, Bureaucracy of Merit, and the largest ranks in Chinese history.   (627-649 c.e)   15   China  
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An Lushan   One of the Tang dynasty's miltary commanders who mounted a rebellion and captured the capital at Chang'an as well as the other capital at Luoyang   show (755-757 c.e.)   15   China  
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Uighurs   The Nomadic Turkish people who Tang commanders had to bring in to oust An Lushan for the imperial capitals.   show (757-907 c.e.)   15   China  
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Huang Chao   Military Commander who led an uprising because the Turkish people let the equal fields system deteriorate. Imperial armies couldn't resist the demands of Turkish peoples.   He routinely pillaged the wealthy and distributed a portion of his plunder among the poor. In an effort to control the rebels, Tang granted power to regional military commanders who became effective rulers of China.   (875-884 c.e.)   show China  
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Song Taizu   First Song emperor and had a reputation for honesty and effectiveness. Centralized administration that placed military forces under tight supervision.   show (960-976 c.e.)   15   Jiuquan  
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Li Bo   Most popular poet of the Tang era   show (701-761 c.e)   15   Hangzhou  
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show A seminomadic people from Manchuria who ruled a vast empire stretching from northern Korea to Mongolia.   Demanded and received large tribute payments for silk and sliver from the Song stat to the south   (early 10th century-early 12th century)   15   southern China  
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Jurchen   Nomads who conquered the Khitan, overran northern China, captured the Song capital at Kaifeng, and made the Jin empire.   Weakened the Song Dynasty into the Southern Song dynasty. Mongols took southern China.   (early 12th century)   15   show
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Zhu Xi   Most important representative of Song neo-Confucianism. Philosopher deeply committed to Confucian values emphasizing proper personal behavior and social harmony.   Wrote "Family Rituals" and stressed that individuals play their proper roles both in their family and the larger society.   (1130-1200 c.e.)   show China during Song  
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Murasaki Shikiba   Aristocratic woman in the Heian times   show (794-1185 c.e.)   15   China  
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Genji   A fictitious imperial prince and devoted himself to the cultivation of an ultrarefined lifestlye and became adept at mixing subtle perfumes, composing splendid verses in fine calligraphic hand, and wooing sophisticated women   The "Tale of Genji" reflects a melancholy spirit that presents a subtle contrast to the elegant atmosphere of their surroundings at the Heian court   (794-1185 c.e.)   15   show
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show Aristocratic clan that controlled affairs from behind the throne through its influence over the imperial house and manipulation of its members   Japanese emperors rarely ruled but served as ceremonial figureheads and symbols of authority   (794-1185 c.e.)   15   China  
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Du Fu   Considered China's greatest poet, born into a prominent Confucian family   Wrote about the beauty of the natural world in his early years. After the rebellion of An Lushan, he fell into poverty and experienced difficulties. Poetry of his later years lamented the chaos of the late 8th century.   show 15   China  
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show project that integrated the economies of northern and southern China. Sui Yangdi completed work to facilitate trade such as rice.   increased trade which increased food which increased population.   500-1000 CE   15   China  
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Equal-Field System   Chinese system during the Han dynasty in which the goal was to ensure an equitable distribution of land. made to avoid problems that occured during the early Han.   Was able to create a stable land distribution system for many years   500-1000 CE   15   show
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Bureaucreacy of Merit   show created a system that only accepted qualified government officials.   500-1000 CE   15   China  
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show introduced by the vietnamese. a much faster cultivation of rice   cultivators were able to harvest 2 crops per year. increasing food levels and population   500-1000 CE   15   China  
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Foot Binding   consisted of wrapping a young girls foot so the bones could not grow   show 500-1000 CE   15   China  
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Gun Powder   Discovered during the Tang dynasty by Daoist alchemists. explosive substance   show 500-1000 CE   15   China  
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Printing   new type of moveable printing press enabled chinese people to access texts more readily   made it possible to produce texts quickly, cheaply, and in huge quantities.   500-1000 CE   show China  
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