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Mandate of Heaven
Period of Rebellion
Golden Age
(Period of Peace & Prosperity)
Yuan Dynasty –
Lasts 98 Years
Period of Decline
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1. Opened China up to the rest of the Mongol Empire (INCREASES TRADE)
2. Raise in Taxes to pay for wars, projects, and Kublai’s rich lifestyle
3. Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and ruler of Northern China Khanate, finally
defeats Song Dynasty and names himself first Mongol Emperor of China.
4. China is united for 1st time in 300 years.
5. Famine, diseases kill many.
6. Stopped using exam system for government hires.
7. Chinese People Unhappy and Yuan are Overthrown!!
8. Rebuilds canal and highways so food can go from south to the north.
9. Kublai dies - successors are corrupt.
10. Failed to conquer Japan (twice) – humiliates Chinese.
11. Harsher taxes and laws were place on those members of the lower classes.
12. Mongols divided the people into four classes based on ethnicity.
13. Accepted Chinese culture and didn’t make them change.