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Cultural
Confucianism
society composed of
unequal relationships
ex. father to son
Neo-Confucians (new)
cultivating personal morality
added with Buddhism and Daoist
Buddhism:
spread from South Asia
(India) during the Han dynasty
Four Noble Truths
eightfold path (rules
Buddhists must follow)
Theravada Buddhism
for a selective few (only monks)
Mahayana Buddhism
teaching for all
Tibetan Buddhism
emphasized mystical practice
Gender Roles:
Subordination of women
practice of foot binding
Influence on Korea, Vietnam:
have to pay tribute to China
copied civil service
exam, political structure
women not that marginalized in Vietnam
Influence on Hian Japan:
adopt China's ways voluntary
Buddhism, imperial
bureaucracy, writing system
Economic
Economic Prosperity:
from the Tong Dynasty
commercialization of access
goods (sell to world market)
paper money
credit/promissory notes
iron & steel production
armor, coins, tools for agriculture
Agricultural Innovation
Champa rice (from Vietnam)
, harvest twice a year
Grand Canal expanded
from north to south (link
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers)
trade
Naval Technology
compass
Junks - Chinese large ships
Political
Imperial bureaucracy:
carry out the will of the emperor
government officials all over
China to help the emperor rule
have to pass the civil service
examination (awarded based on merit)
Developments in DAR-AL-ISLAM
Cultural
Three major beliefs
Economic (Innovations)
Mathematics:
Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi
invented trigonometry
The House of Wisdom
(under Abbasid Caliphate)
library to study religion, sciences
translates Greek philosophers'
work, classical text (ex. Plato)
help preserve their work
Empires
Abbasid Caliphate:
ethnically Arab
came into power during
the golden age of Islam
By 1200:
fragmented
new Islamic empires rise
to power (Turkic people)
Seljuk Empire:
pastoral people from Central Asia
brought in by the Abbasid as
warriors --> rose to power (gained
most of the political power)
Mamluk Sultanate:
Egypt
Saladin ruled --> needs more
labor --> enslaved Turkic
warriors (mamluks) --> he died
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