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Dynasties in Chinese history

WHAP Stearns Chapter 2 outline

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AP World History - Stearns Chapter 2 ? Classical Civilization: China I. Introduction ? longest-lived civilization in history A. Isolated 1. Couldn?t learn from other cultures 2. Rare invasions 3. Distinctive identity 4. Relatively little internal chaos w/ decline of Shang dynasty a. Greatest links to classical society B. Intellectual theory 1. Harmony of nature ? yin and yang ? balance 2. Seek Dao ? the way a. Avoid excess b. Appreciate balance of opposites c. Humans part of world, not on outside ? like Mediterranean Thesis: China emerged with an unusually well-integrated system in which government, philosophy, economic incentives, the family, and the individual were intended to blend into a harmonious whole. II. Patterns in Classical China

Chapter 3- Classical China

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Zhou Dynasty: 1122 BCE-256 BCE Ended in warfare (Warring states period) Created the mandated rule (from heaven) that imperial China kept Cultural unity Banned human sacrifice Legalism was formed as a result of the Zhou fall Qin Dynasty: Qin Shi Huangdi took over 35 years after the last Zhou emperor Supported legalist ideas Took over feudal estates Powerful armies Extended south Built great wall Census Established coinage, measures and weights Uniformed written script Furthered agriculture Promoted silk manufacturing Burned books Attacked intellectuals High taxes Died by taking mercury pills to extend his life (210 BCE) Han Dynasty: 202 BCE-220 CE Retained centralization but encouraged intellectual structure Expanded territory Allowed contact with India and Parthian empire

Chapter 3- Classical China

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Zhou Dynasty: 1122 BCE-256 BCE Ended in warfare (Warring states period) Created the mandated rule (from heaven) that imperial China kept Cultural unity Banned human sacrifice Legalism was formed as a result of the Zhou fall Qin Dynasty: Qin Shi Huangdi took over 35 years after the last Zhou emperor Supported legalist ideas Took over feudal estates Powerful armies Extended south Built great wall Census Established coinage, measures and weights Uniformed written script Furthered agriculture Promoted silk manufacturing Burned books Attacked intellectuals High taxes Died by taking mercury pills to extend his life (210 BCE) Han Dynasty: 202 BCE-220 CE Retained centralization but encouraged intellectual structure Expanded territory Allowed contact with India and Parthian empire

Earth and It's Peoples 3rd edition: Ch.5 China PERSIAN NOTES

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PERSIAN Chart AP World History Culture/Civilization: Imperial China Date: 9/12/10 POLITICAL Leaders, Elites State Structure War Diplomacy, Treaties Courts, Laws -Qin and Han governments demanded that peasant families supply men for labor and military service. -Census was held periodically. -Warring States Period (480 ? 221 B.C.E.) -Qin unified China because of the ruthlessness of Shi Huangdi and his prime minister Li Si. The Qin also had experience in mobilizing large amounts of manpower. -Qin established strong centralized state (Legalist).

unit 2 ap history

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600 C.E.?1450 I. Questions of periodization A. Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E. ? 1450 as a period B. Emergence of new empires and political systems C. Continuities and breaks within the period (e.g., the impact of the Mongols on international contacts and on specific societies) The Islamic world II. The rise and role of Dar al-Islam as a unifying cultural and economic force in Eurasia and Africa A. The Rise 1. Arab Region Before a. Vast, dry area b. Nomadic Bedouin tribes c. Criss-crossed by trade routes d. Mecca 1. Trading crossroads 2. center for Arab tribal religious worship 3. Ka?aba ? fallen from heaven and has special powers

The Conrad-Demarest Model of empire: Basic Principles

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The Conrad Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles ? I.? Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: state-level government Rome:? republic Han:? kept most of Qin centralized government in place high agricultural potential in the area Rome:? wheat, grapes, cattle Han:? wheat, millet, pigs an environmental mosaic Rome:? Alps, Mediterranean Sea, forests, Tiber and other rivers, hills Han: Tianshan mountains, Yellow and Yangtze river, loess soil, Pacific Ocean several small states with no clearly dominant state (power vacuum) Rome and other city-states on Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states, Egypt, Judea, Syria, Cyprus, Gaul, Romania, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, Carthage, etc. Han:? Qin empire broken into smaller states

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 11

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CHAPTER 11 Inner and Eastern Asia, 400?1200 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Sui and Tang Empires, 581?755 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Reunification Under the Sui and Tang 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Sui Empire reunified China and established a government based on Confucianism but heavily influenced by Buddhism. The Sui?s rapid decline and fall may have been due to its having spent large amounts of resources on a number of ambitious construction, canal, irrigation, and military projects. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Tang Empire was established in 618. The Tang state carried out a program of territorial expansion, avoided over-centralization, and combined Turkic influence with Chinese Confucian traditions. B?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Buddhism and the Tang Empire
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