#AP World History

Central and Eastern Asia, 400-1200 Introduction The fall of the Han dynasty and disunity New inventions Reunification The Sui and Tang Empires, 581-755 Reunification Under the Sui and Tang Sui Achievements Sui Downfall Rise of the Tang Buddhism and the Tang Empire The political uses of Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism Spread of Buddhism To Chang?an by Land and Sea The city of Chang?an Market networks of Chang?an Trade by Sea Tang Integration Outside influences from Iran and Central Asia Tang infrastructure Tang products Fractured Power in Central Asia and China to 907 Relationship between China, Tibet and the Uigurs The effects on Tang China Nomadic economies of Central Asia cushion the blow of social disorder and agricultural losses Reaction and Repression Distrust of Buddhism by elites