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| 484926473 | Ethnocentric | The belief in the inherent superiority of ones ethnic group | |
| 484926474 | What did China believe they were? | Chinese believed that " China was a sea that salts all rivers that run into it". | |
| 484926475 | Dynastic Cycle | -A Dynasty is usually founded by a revolt or rebellion -Dynasty flourishes (no war, borders might expand, taxes were for the benefit of the people and people were assigned jobs to improve the infrastructure of the dynasty) -Downturn is when the government stops carring for the people, the government collected taxes selfishly and the info structure would fall into disrepear -The fall is when the Mongols raid, people revolt and a new leader emerges | |
| 484926476 | Infrastructure | An underlined base or foundation especially for an organization or system, the basic facilitys and services and installations for the functioning of a society or community. | |
| 494200858 | Shi Huangdi | Ruled from 221-207 BCE Built his capital in Xianyong Did not want new ideas spreading Destroyed all the books exept medical books Killed 460 schoolers, he buried them alive Only valued presents and soldiers Used Compulsery labor, where people were assigned a specific job for a certin amount of time | |
| 494211559 | Qin Capital | Xianyong | |
| 494211560 | Accomplishments of the Qin | Ended the warring states, unifing China for the first time Built the taracada tomb Standerdized weights and mesures, axles, road length, currency, taxes and writing Built the great wall Built roads and bridges Code of Qin unified china Built irrigation systems Expanded thier empire to the south | |
| 494211561 | Qin Goverment System | The Qin had an autocratic goverment The Qin was broken into 36 districts At the top was the Emperor Three advisors that reported to the Emperor Then there was 12 Imperial inspectors for each advisor Then there was a cival and military govenor for each Imperal inspector Then there were local officials for each district | |
| 494211562 | Fall of Qin | People were disgrunted because of the compulsery labor, harsh laws and high taxes, this lead to a revolt lead by a pesent named Liu Bang | |
| 494227661 | Liu Bang | Was a pesent that fouded the Han | |
| 494227662 | Han capital | Chang'an | |
| 494227663 | Accomplishments of the Han | Civil servace was founded under the Han Founded the imperial academy, where people can study for the civil servace test Expanded his empire to include Manchuria, the Korean peninsula, West into central Asia and part of indochina Eatablished leveling Fought the Huns and restored peace in central China, known as the Pax Sinica, which lead to greater trade along the silk road | |
| 494227664 | Civil servace system | Han made the civil servace, wich is made up of schooler officials, civil servants, goverment officials and advisors. Civil servace test on cunfucion classics was mandatory to be in the civil servace, this was a mirotocracy but not everyone could afford a tuttor. | |
| 494227665 | Wudi's Accomplishments | Founded the imperial academy, where people can study for the civil servace test Expanded his empire to include Manchuria, the Korean peninsula, West into central Asia and part of indochina Eatablished leveling Fought the Huns and restored peace in central China, known as the Pax Sinica, which lead to greater trade along the silk road | |
| 494227666 | Levaling | In the Han dynasty the goverment bought acsess grain of rice to keep prices from going to low The goverment sells the rice in times of bad harvest to keep prices from going to high | |
| 494227667 | Pax Sinica | Wudi fought the Huns and restored peace in central China, allowed safe travel on the silk road | |
| 495710948 | Silk road | Caravan trade route from east China to the West | |
| 495710949 | Han inventions | porcelain and paper | |
| 495710950 | Fall of the Han | There was a revolt and then the second warring states period, china was reunited after in 589 | |
| 495710951 | Emperor Wendi | Founded the Sui and then changed his name from Yang Jang to Wendi | |
| 495710952 | Sui capital | Chang'an it was the endpoint of the grand canal | |
| 495710953 | Accomplishments of the Sui | Reunited china in 589 Strong central government Reestablished the civil service exam Reestablished the code of laws Rebuilt the great wall Rebuilt roads and bridges Built palaces Finished the construction of the grand canal | |
| 495710954 | Grand Canal | Started during the Qin, completed during the Sui Linked yellow to Yangtze which was good for trade and transportation one endpoint was Chang'an Transported food to the capital One million people worked on the grand canal | |
| 495710955 | Fall of Sui | Peasents revolted because of high taxes, harsh labor and the military was off on a failed mission | |
| 500552029 | Li Yuan | Founder of the Tang | |
| 500552030 | Tang capital | Chang'an Center of trade Very Diverse Home to Arabs, Greeks and Persians | |
| 500552031 | Du Fu | Confucian Poet Wrote about pain and suffering | |
| 500552032 | Li Bo | Daoist Poet Wrote about happiness While drunk he died by reaching to his refection on a boat and fell in and drowned | |
| 500552033 | "The Buddhist problem" | Buddhism popularity exploded Peasents liked the idea of having a better next life Weathy people liked it because it balanced their lives (donated money to monks for monistries and temples) and they liked the complex ceremonies Tang goverment didn't like it because they were Confucius An insane emperor ordered 40,000 shrines to be destroyed, 4,600 monistaries to be destroyed and 2,000 monkes be forced to quit, be exaled or died | |
| 500552034 | Revival of Confucionism | The Goverment built Confucian temples, they made poets make Confucian songs and poems, reconstructed the civil service exams on the Confucian classics and brought back the ruler to subject idiology | |
| 500552035 | Civil Service system under the Tang | The civil servace system was part of the revival of confucionism At the top of the Government was the emperor Broken into three branches:The Censerate, after that was the Secretariat and Chancellory and then there was the Department of State affairs | |
| 500552036 | Secratariate and Cancellery | They advised the emperor | |
| 500552037 | Department of state affairs | Made of six smaller branches Civil Rights-Employed government officials Rites-Oversaw reeligious (confucian) observances and te reception of foreign dignitaries Revenue-Delt with taxes Justice-Oversaw laws and court War-Oversaw the military Public Works-Delt with the infrastructure | |
| 500552038 | Censorate | Like the "Watchdog/CIA" Oversaw the government as a whole | |
| 500552039 | Tang agriculture | New irrigation techniques lead to more rice wich lead to a bigger population Quick ripening rice was made witch ment there would be two crops per season Tea was made wich was very important later There was a better life for the Peasents because they had a chance to raise surplus | |
| 500552040 | Tang tax system | Peasents owed taxes and rent each year If a farmer found not pay off the rent he and his family would become tenant farmers | |
| 500552041 | Tenant Farmer | Someone who works on someone else's land and payes his rent in cash, labor and/or crops, it is an endless cycle of debt | |
| 500552042 | Fall of the Tang | Sucssesion of weak emperors Eunics became corrupt and abused power Tang raised taxes Natral disasters Widespread dissese Nomads attaked Govenors questioned the emperor |
