Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties EQ: What factors define power struggles and stable periods of rule? Chapter 5, Lesson 1 pg.

Sui, Tang, and Sui, Tang, and Song Song

Dynasties Dynasties

EQ: What factors define power struggles and stable periods of rule? 

Chapter 5, Lesson 1 pg. 82

Home Learning: Home Learning: Chapter 5, Chapter 5, Lesson 1 Vocabulary Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Write the following vocabulary words. Define them for Home Learning: •scholar-gentry•Silk Road (in the reading)•Grand Canal (in the reading)•Confucius•civil servant (find online)•dowry

Bell Ringer: Lesson Preview

• Lesson Preview – Turn to pg. 82-86– Preview Chapter 5, Lesson 1– Write a paragraph about what you think the

Lesson is about.

Activity: Geography Connection.

Answer the two questions on pg. 83. And the following:3. Identify two physical features on the map. 4. What are China’s three major rivers called?

Confucius (501-Confucius (501-479 BC)479 BC) • Philosopher and teacher

• Social Relations: – People and Politics

• People: Should obey the law, do what the Emperor told them to do.

• Government- should do its duty to the people, and not abuse them. The Emperor should be cooperative and helpful to the people.

• His idea influence Chinese society and the rest of the world. • If a person not fit to rule—overthrow the Emperor (he loses the

“Mandate of Heaven”)

Reading: Review Questions Read pg. 82-83 “Three Dynasties” and answer the following in complete sentences.

•Examine: Identify and explain one accomplishment (contribution) of each of the three dynasties.

Sui Dynasty Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD)(581-618 AD)• Unification: Sui Dynasty

reunified China after hundred years of disorder.

• Grand Canal Building: Emperor Sui Yangdi completed the Grand Canal—linked Huang He and Yangtze rivers. – Facilitated trade between

northern and southern China.• Cruelty and rebellion: Sui

Yangdi angered his people – Forced labor on the Grand

Canal– Levying high taxes to fund

his lavish court.• This led to a rebellion that

ended the Sui dynasty. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSrV-LywWQ

Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)(618-907 AD)• Tang dynasty Tang dynasty followed

• Land reform: Tang rulers weakened the power of large landholders by giving land to peasants.

• Government reform: Tang emperors reinstituted civil service civil service exams to staff the government. – The exams were based on the

teachings of Confucius.• Restoring China's influence: Tang

established peace in northwestern China and extended China's control into Tibet.

• Corruption, rebellion, and collapse: Toward the end of the Tang dynasty, emperors became unpopular because of government corruption. A series of rebellions ensued, leading to the collapse of the empire.

Chinese Society Chinese Society Under the TangUnder the Tang• Education becomes important.

– Reading becomes popular after invention of woodblock printing.

– Old landed aristocracy replaced by scholar-gentry

– Aristocrats schooled in Confucian principles

• Treatment of women – Female children seen as less

desirable than male children.• Female infants would be

killed during famines.– Marriage

• Woman became part of male’s family.

• Her family must provide a dowry

Song Dynasty (960-1279 Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD)AD)

• Song Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty.

• Internal stability: Song dynasty was notable for the prosperity and rich cultural life.– Trade increased.– Create fleet of large ships that

navigate with charts and compasses.

• Invasions from the north: The Song were unable to contain invasions from China's northern neighbors.– The Mongols, overwhelmed

Song defenses in the late 1200s and controlled all of China within decades. 

Song Dynasty Video Song Dynasty Video

Review the questions below and think about these questions as you watch the video. Take notes that answer these questions as the video plays.

2. Explaining What accomplishments from the Song dynasty helped to spur trade?3. Describing What accomplishments from the Song dynasty revolutionized warfare?

Reading: Review Questions Reading: Review Questions Read pg. 82-83 “Three Dynasties” and answer the following in complete sentences.

•Guiding Question: How did the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties bring order to China between periods of chaos and instability?

•Progress Check: What were the reasons for the collapse of the three dynasties?

The MongolsThe Mongols• Mongols are a

pastoral people from present day Mongolia.

• Expansion originally started by Genghis Khan. – Mongols created

the largest land empire in history.

The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears."

http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-genghis-khan

China under the MongolsChina under the Mongols• Genghis Khan’s grandson,

Kublai KhanKublai Khan, conquered the Song in 1279.– Against the Chinese,

the Mongols encountered two significant obstacles.

• Great Wall of China• Fire-lance

(gunpowder)• Created a new dynasty:

Yuan.– Kublai Khan ruled

China until 1294.• Moved capital to

Beijing.http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-genghis-khan

Fall of the Yuan DynastyFall of the Yuan Dynasty• Mongol rulers continued the

Chinese political system.– Over time, the dynasty

won support of Chinese people.

• Respected stability and economic prosperity.

• Marco Polo Marco Polo visited China during the Yuan– Brings Chinese

technologies back to Europe.

• Yuan overthrown in 1368.– Began the Ming dynasty.

Silk Road Silk Road •  Caravans carried goods between China and

Southwest Asia and South Asia. • It was more than a trading route, however.• Conduit of ideas.

– Three religions—Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam—spread along the Silk Road.

– Technical knowledge from China—including the secrets of printing, drilling wells, and making iron, gunpowder, paper, and silk—reached the West along the Silk Road. 

Do you think the expedition shown on the map is traveling long distances? Use at least three details from the map to support your answer.

A view of Hangzhou, China, from Marco Polo’s Livres de Merveilles

Analyzing Visuals Describe the economic activity taking place at Hangzhou.

Chinese Innovations Economic

Achievements

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Technological Developments

Inventions

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Intellectual Advances

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Advances in Trade

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1. Read “Government and Economy” on pg. 84 List the achievements of the Chinese during the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties.

2. Evaluating: How did the Chinese government develop and change over the time period of the three dynasty?

How did the Chinese economy develop and change over the time period of the three dynasties?

Describe the achievement and which dynasty created that innovation.