Download Unit 3: China`s Golden Age: The Sui, Tang, and Song

Unit 3: China's Golden Age: The Sui, Tang, and Song
Dynasties After the fall of the Han dynasty in 589 C.E., China descended into political
and cultural turmoil. The bureaucracy collapsed and a “foreign” religion—
Buddhism— replaced Confucianism as the primary force in cultural life. The
scholar-gentry lost power to landed families. Decline was evident in
technology, in the economy, and in the cities. But beginning in the latter sixth
century, three successive dynasties restored the Chinese bureaucracy and
economy. As you will see in this unit, the Sui,Tang and Song reinvigorated the
Chinese political system, engineered massive public works projects, distributed
land in an equitable manner and revived the Confucian order. These
influential dynasties ushered in China’s “golden age,” an era of technological,
artistic, and literary flourishing that ultimately formed connections with the
cultures and societies of Europe.
Unit 3 Time Advisory Time Advisory: This unit should take you 16 hours to complete.
☐ Subunit 3.1: 1.5 hours
☐ Subunit 3.2: 1.75 hours
☐ Subunit 3.3: 4 hours
☐ Introduction: 0.5 hour
☐ Subunit 3.3.2: 1 hour
☐ Subunit 3.3.3: 1.5 hours
☐ Subunit 3.3.4: 1 hour
☐ Subunit 3.4: 8.75 hours
☐ Introduction: 0.5 hour
☐ Subunit 3.4.1: 0.5 hour
☐ Subunit 3.4.2: 3 hours
☐ Subunit 3.4.3: 1.5 hours
☐ Subunit 3.4.4: 1 hour
☐ Subunit 3.4.6: 2.25 hours
Unit 3 Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
◦ Evaluate the agricultural and technological achievements of the Sui
and Tang Dynasties and how they in turn affected the economic
growth of the region.
◦ Connect the prosperous Chinese economy with new trade
networks leading to the west.
◦ Examine the import of Buddhist thought and its affects on the
existing Chinese schools of thought.
◦ List the cultural achievements and demographic changes that
occurred during the Song Dynasty