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CHINA DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

SUI (SWAY) DYNASTY 581-618

220 Han Dynasty came to an end - China fell into chaos and civil war.

Accomplishments

  • Grand Canal - linking the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers completed by the 2nd Emperor Shi Yangdi
  • improved shipping and north and south
  • built by forced labor
  • paid for with high taxes
  • Shi Yangdi's harsh forced labor, high taxes, and lavish lifestyle caused a rebellion - he was assassinated

Tang (Tong) Dynasty 618-907

  • instituted reforms:
  • restored civil service exams
  • tried to create a more stable economy by giving land to the peasants and breaking up the power of the owners of large estates

Accomplishments

  • strong centralized government
  • uniform legal system
  • census every three years
  • equal allocation system of land distribution to all eligible males in exchange for labor or military service 20 days of the year and a set amount of grain and cloth
  • prosperous trade along the Silk Road
  • religious tolerance (even Christianity for a time)
  • invented the printing
  • invented gun powder
  • Decline
  • government corruption, weakened, rebellions
  • collapsed in 907

Song (Soong) Dynasty 960-1279

  • education increased - more schools and libraries - a direct result of printing
  • introduced paper money in 1204
  • water-powered mechanical clocks
  • developed rockets and multi-stage rockets
  • magnetic compass perfected
  • guns and cannons
  • refined porcelain making
  • population explosion due to increase in rice production
  • improved sailing - stern-mounted rudders
  • iron

Decline

  • invaders from the North, the Mongols, eventually overtook the Song Dynasty and established a Mongol dynasty in China - Yuan Dynasty

581 Sui Dynasty was established, uniting China under the emperor's authority.

Economic Prosperity and Cultural Achievement

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