Download Ch_ 10 East Asia

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• Sui Dynasty – 581-618 C.E.
– Grand Canal- linked the Yangzi and Yellow
rivers
Tang Dynasty – 618-907 C.E.
– Continued policies of the Sui
– Rise of Buddhism
– Expanded trade and the empire’s borders
– Block printing
– compass
– Rulers had some Turkish ethnicity and
cultural practices
– Tribute empire
– Looked down on merchants (continuity in
Chinese history)
Vietnam, Korea, and Japan
• Each greatly influenced by China
• Vietnam and Korea were temporarily
ruled by China, Japan was not
• Confucianism was a major export
• Also written language (Japan and Korea)
• Buddhism
• Technology
• Art
China
• Large population
increase in southern
China as people move
into Yangtze river
valley- 500-1000 C.E.
• Internal trade still
important; external
trade improved due
to new sailing
technology such as
the Junk
Song Dynasty 960-1279
• Economic revival
• Tea, silk, and porcelain continue to be
important
• Paper money (copper main currency)
• Credit
• Sailing technology
• Footbinding
 Emperor – head of the Shinto religion- emperor
descends from a continuous lineage (Yamato
Clan)
 Eventually becomes a figurehead
 Fujiwara family- 794-1185
 Kamakura Shogunate 1185 – 1338
-Japan becomes a decentralized feudal state
-Resistance of Mongols helps unify Japan, and
strengthens the power of the Samurai
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Japanese Feudal System
Emperor
Shogun
(real power)
Daimyo
Samurai
Artisans
Peasants
Merchants
Samurai: warriors who served a lord
• Followed code of values
called bushido
• Bushido emphasized
honor, bravery, and
loyalty to one’s lord
• A disgraced samurai
committed seppuku
(ritual suicide)