Download 3. Describe main ideas about Tang and Song China.

Tang and Song China
HOMEWORK CHECK
What body part of little girls’ was tied up
as they grew as a symbol of beauty?
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2.
3.
4.
Hands
Hair
Arms
Feet
Which Emperor was really a lady?
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2.
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Tang Taizong
Wu Zhao
Tu Fu
Li Bo
The gentry was an upper-class group of
government officials who passed what?
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High School
The University Entrance Test
The Military Assessment
The Civil Service Exam
The Middle Ages in East Asia
Tang and Song China
Learning Goal and Rubric
4. Support main ideas about Tang and
Song China with details.
3. Describe main ideas about Tang
and Song China.
2. With help, you can list main ideas
of Tang and Song China.
1. Even with help, no success.
Definition and Background
• A dynasty is a family line of
hereditary rulers of a country.
• Sui Dynasty (Sway): brought China
back under one leader (in 589).
– Massive building projects and taxes
made people angry and they revolted.
The Tang Dynasty
• Came to power under Tang Taizong
in the 620s
• Taizong was the first Tang emperor
who expanded the empire.
• By 668, the Chinese held power
over Korea as well.
• Empress Wu Zhao held power in the
late 600s; made herself Emperor.
• She was a powerful leader
The End of the Tang
• Emperor had to keep raising taxes.
• Still couldn’t pay for military.
• Lost Territory
– Battle of Talas (751) vs. Muslims
• In 907, the Tang were defeated in a
revolt and removed from power.
The End of the Tang
Who did the Chinese lose to in the Battle
of Talas (751)?
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Mongols
Japanese
Indians
Muslims
Taizong was the first major emperor of
which dynasty?
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2.
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Tung
Sui
Song
Tang
Learning Goal and Rubric
4. Support main ideas about Tang and
Song China with details.
3. Describe main ideas about Tang
and Song China.
2. With help, you can list main ideas
of Tang and Song China.
1. Even with help, no success.
The Civil Service System
• China had a strong central government at this
time.
• It was a big country and took a lot of people
to run it.
• All the government workers together = a
bureaucracy
• Bureaucracy = a system of workers that make
decisions for the gov’t
The Civil Service System
• These gov’t workers have to be the best possible
• The gov’t set up a system of Civil Service Exams
to try to find the best people
• If you did very well on the exam, you could get a
very elite government job
• Usually, only the rich could really afford the
education and training to pass the Civil Service
Exams
The Civil Service System
• During the Tang and Song, many moved to cities.
• Others took the Civil Service Exam to get a new
life of government work with an honorable job.
• Because of the Civil Service system, a new
powerful class came about. This class was not
land-owning nobles
• They gained power by taking the Civil Service
Exam and getting important government jobs.
This new class was called the gentry.
Which word describes the system of
government workers that make decisions?
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4.
Bureaucracy
State Workers
Plutocracy
Oligarchy
The Song Dynasty
• By 960, a military leader gained power
• He created the Song Dynasty
• Ruled over a smaller section of China than
the Tang, but they did it well for a while.
• They traded with northern Chinese, central
Asians, Western Asians, and Europeans.
• By 1100s, invaders from the north pushed
the Song south where they ruled that part
of China until 1279 when the Mongols took
over China, starting the Yuan Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty fought off invaders from
which direction?
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2.
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4.
From the inside
From the North
From the South
From the West
Learning Goal and Rubric
4. Support main ideas about Tang and
Song China with details.
3. Describe main ideas about Tang
and Song China.
2. With help, you can list main ideas
of Tang and Song China.
1. Even with help, no success.
China’s Growth: Technologies
• During this time, China’s population,
economy, and technology grew a lot.
• Moveable Type: small blocks with individual
letters that could be arranged in a frame
then used to print pages made the recording
and passing on of information much more
efficient.
• Many other inventions came about in China
at this time: Gunpowder, Porcelain,
Mechanical clocks, Paper money, and
magnetic compasses for sailing
China’s Growth: Food, Art & Trade
• Around 1000, a new type of fast-growing rice
• MORE FOOD led to MORE PEOPLE
• This led to artists and poets
• The Silk Roads and Oceans were used for
trade from China to Europe and everywhere
in between.
• Culture and religions spread this way too.
– Buddhism from China; Islam and Christianity into
China
The Silk Roads
Women in the Tang and Song
• Rich women were valued mostly for their beauty.
• Not supposed to do any work; look beautiful.
• To make sure that rich girls did nothing but look
beautiful, the custom of foot-binding was introduced
• It crippled girls’ feet as they grew. They could not walk
or move around very well. These small feet were a
symbol of wealth and beauty, although it was very cruel.
What method of printing was introduced
by the Chinese in this time period ?
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4.
Calligraphy
Printing press
Movable type
Typewriter
The Chinese began to trade by ocean
more after they lost control of what?
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2.
3.
4.
The Interstate System
The Rice Road
The Roman Roads
The Silk Roads
Learning Goal and Rubric
4. Support main ideas about Tang and
Song China with details.
3. Describe main ideas about Tang
and Song China.
2. With help, you can list main ideas
of Tang and Song China.
1. Even with help, no success.