1. TANG/SONG CHINA

2.  Migration of people to cities  More food and goods needed  Emphasis on scholarship  Neo-Confucianism Tang and Song China

3. The Middle Kingdom  China compared themselves to the nomadic people  Called themselves the Middle Kingdom, or center of the world  Considered themselves educated while the nomads were “barbaric”

5. Tribute System  Chinese governments required non-Chinese people to acknowledge the authority and superiority of the Chinese civilization  Humiliation and gifts

6. Essential Question  Use your chart and the information you’ve gathered today to create a chicken-foot thesis for the following question:  Which had the greatest effect on China during this time period – economics, politics, social expectations, culture, or interactions?  Turn in your chicken foot thesis by Friday (today or tomorrow is better).