1. Sui, Tang and Song China World History 1000bce- 1450ce Overview c. 10,000 BCE – 600CE –Agricultural Revolution –Cities –Civilization –Major Religions 600 CE –1450 –Islam and Muslim Dynasties –South American Dynasties –European Feudalism –World trade increases –Chinese grows in wealth and sophistication Mongols build the greatest empire in land size and population ever by conquering Asia, India and part of Europe

2. Sui, Tang and Song China Early Chinese Dynasties Shang Shang Dynasty 1800-1076 BC –Huang He river valley, –Agricultural Revolution, –Oracle bones and literacy begins –Bronze Age, –Father led family units –Bronze Age

3. Sui, Tang and Song China Chou 1076-221 BC (Jo) Iron used for weapons and farming, regional feudal states not a united state Last 400yrs - warring states which led Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism all come out of the 100 Schools Movement trying to bring stability to China

4. Sui, Tang and Song China Ch’in Dynasty 221 -206 BCE –Shi Huangdi (1st emperor) –Legalist philosophy helped centralize and unite China –standardized coinage, roads and bureaucracy –Censorship of Confucianism

5. Sui, Tang and Song China Han Dynasty 200BCE- 200CE classical Chinese era Confucian based society returns after legalist Ch’in dynasty Paper & porcelain invented Most prosperous Chinese culture to this point Confucian Civil Service Exams begin

6. Sui, Tang and Song China Huns invade Huns come and destroy the Han after their govt Becomes corrupt and the poor revolt because they are not being well served by the govt

7. Sui, Tang and Song China Dynasties of the North and South After the Hun invasion a lengthy period of disunity and internal strife lasted until about 500 Small states fight each other constantly Confucianism declines because the court was declining Buddhism flourished because Buddhism's promise of an afterlife appealed to poorBuddhism scholar-gentry replaced by militarized aristocracy