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Ming Dynasty

Chapter 12 AP World History Outline

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Chapter 12 Reunification and Renaissance: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties I. Introduction A. Vital consolidation ? changes less fundamental than elsewhere B. Though isolated, created ?orbit of influence? C. After Han ? nomadic invasions 1. Regional kingdoms 2. Landed families with aristocratic backgrounds dominated rulers 3. Decline a. Foreign religion ? Buddhism b. non-Chinese nomads ruled c. Great Wall divided between kingdoms d. trade/city life declined e. technology stagnated f. thought looked for magical cures/immortality D. Rapid return to height under Tang because of 1. Preservation of Confucian institutions II. Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Eras A. Introduction 1. Summary

Chapter 12 AP World History Outline

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Chapter 12 Reunification and Renaissance: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties I. Introduction A. Vital consolidation ? changes less fundamental than elsewhere B. Though isolated, created ?orbit of influence? C. After Han ? nomadic invasions 1. Regional kingdoms 2. Landed families with aristocratic backgrounds dominated rulers 3. Decline a. Foreign religion ? Buddhism b. non-Chinese nomads ruled c. Great Wall divided between kingdoms d. trade/city life declined e. technology stagnated f. thought looked for magical cures/immortality D. Rapid return to height under Tang because of 1. Preservation of Confucian institutions II. Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Eras A. Introduction 1. Summary

AP World History World Civilizations Chapter 2 Notes

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Ancient and Classical China Four dynastic cycles Shang Zhou (Choe) Qin (Chin) Connected the original great wall He was insane Wanted to live forever Fed mercury Han (Hon) One of the great dynasties Others are The Ton The Ming The Song Were invaded many times by steppe people Shang dynasty 1523-1028 BC Located in Northern China Isolated from other ancient civilizations Furthest East; Himalayan mountains separating from India Ideographic symbols lead to development of an elaborate written language Political Power The King?s power was based on Land ownership Lands and peasants were given to the nobility as payment for military service Religious power

Tradition and Change in East Asia

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1Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 11 August 2015 Chapter 26 Outline Tradition/Change in East Asia 1580s, devices Chinese called ?self-ringing bells? arrived atport Macau Reports spread in south China Church missionary Matteo Ricci conceived idea of intriguing emperor with mech. Clock/persuading him to convert to Christianity Led authorities know he could supply emperor with clock Emperor Wanli granted him permission to travel to Beijing/est. mission Euro found Chinese responded well to gifts 18th, court maintained workshop to make mech. Clocks/watches Chinese commoners couldn?t afford clocks Emperor showed no interest in Christianity, mission attracted few converts East Asia benefited from trade, got silver to stimulate econ.

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 27 Test Bank

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CHAPTER 27 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Matteo Ricci was a. the Italian merchant who spent twenty years with Khubilai Khan and wrote of his adventures. b. a Roman Catholic missionary in China. * c. the chief Italian who negotiated trade issues with the Qing emperor Qianlong. d. the Italian explorer who sailed to Japan in the late fifteenth century. e. mainly responsible for the introduction of American crops such as manioc to China. (p. 723) 2. Matteo Ricci and other Europeans discovered that they were more successful in their negotiations with the Chinese if they presented them a. African slaves. b mechanical clocks. * c. cannons and other advanced artillery. d. signed Bibles. e. silver bars. (p. 723) 3. After the arrival of the Europeans,

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CHAPTER 22 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Ibn Battuta was a. a Morrocan legal scholar who traveled extensively and recorded his observations. * b. the sultan of Delhi. c. the leader of the central Asian kingdom that dominated all trade along the silk roads. d. Marco Polo?s traveling companion. e. the leading Islamic scholar whose work reintroduced Aristotle to Europe. (p. 565) 2. In the five centuries after the year 1000 C.E., the peoples of the eastern hemisphere a. cut off contact with the rest of the world because of the ravages of disease. b. fell under the control of the expanding empires of the western hemisphere. c. traveled and interacted more intensively than ever before. * d. fell dangerously behind the rest of the world in science and technology.

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DBQ: Silver Trade Between the mid sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century, the production of silver boomed in Spain, China and Europe. Even though the trade of silver was popular, this would eventually cause a significant decrease in the production. Based on these documents, the effect of the increase of silver production was beneficial to the European merchants, whose trade was with both the Spanish and Chinese (Doc 4,8), but the increase of silver in China (Doc 1,3,5,7) and Spain (Doc 2,6) would cause a fall in the empires.

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Tradition and change in East Asia 1601 mechanical clock invented, earlier inspired by Portuguese in 1580s. Matteo Ricci let authorities know that he can supply emperor with one of the chiming clocks, and emperor Wanli lets him establish a mission to do so. Chiming clocks became all the rage. Chiming clocks were supposed to attract to Christianity, but the missionaries with them got few converts. However the doors were open to Europeans now with this. East Asians benefit from silver and American plant crops. China held power of East Asia and drove global trade. In Ja[an, Tokugawa shoguns unify Japanese islands and lay foundation of economic growth. Recap: 1. China had collapse of Yuan dynasty with Mongols ignoring Chinese traditions and bureaucracies

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