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China Do you remember… Chinese Dynasties??? The Dynastic Cycle Review Review Review Qin Dynasty Review CHAPTER 12 The Han Dynasty • Had a Golden Age • Collapsed in 280 Disorder for 400 years Tang Dynasty • Conquers Vietnam, Korea and Tibet – Makes them tributary states – acknowledge Chinese rule and pay tribute Tang Dynasty • Land Reform – Broke up large agricultural holdings • More peasants to tax • More government control over the wealthy Tang Dynasty • Built the Grand Canal – Linked the Huang He and Yangzi Rivers Song Dynasty • Had a Golden Age – New irrigation systems – New trade routes created – Print paper money Chinese Society Gentry • Wealthy landowning class • They had the money to pay for a tutor – Want to pass the civil service exam Peasants • Majority of Chinese • Could take the Civil Service Exam (remember this??) Merchants • Lowest social class – Make their money from the labor of others • Want sons to take the civil service test – They can afford tutors Women • Had dowry – payment to the groom or groom’s family • Became part of their husbands family Foot binding • Very painful • Was considered a form of beauty/nobility • Peasants didn’t foot bind their daughters – They needed their labor Arts & Literature Landscape Painting • Capture the essence of nature Architecture • pagoda Art • porcelain Literature • poetry