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| began when the North was unified. The tax base was restored, a centralized bureaucracy was reestablished, and they went on to conquer southern China, and unified the country. |
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| built on foundations laid by the Sui. Extended its authority all over China. Its tax revenues were adequate to government needs, and the Chinese armies began campaigns to push their borders out farther than ever. |
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| The branch of the imperial Chinese government that acted as a watchdog, reporting instances of mis-government directly to the emperor and protesting when it considered the emperor’s behavior improper. |
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| an imperial city. It was an administrative center that lived on taxes. It was designed to exhibit the power of the emperor and the majesty of his court. |
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| their creativity rose from the mix of cosmopolitan, medieval Buddhist and secular elements. They had broad contacts with other cultures and had an openness to them. |
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| A poet who was neither fully secular nor fully Buddhist. He could be called Daoist. He was exceptional because he never sat for civil service examinations are was a swordsman and a carouser. |
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| fits the dynastic cycle model of Chinese history. It reunified China, and established its capital at Kaifeng on the Yellow River. Had an agricultural revolution, and aristocracy disappeared. |
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| Demographic shifts, innovative technologies, the growth of cities, the spread of money, and rising trade |
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| retained some of the energy of the Tang while becoming intensely and more narrowly Chinese. The conditions were a rising economy, increased number of schools and higher literacy, and the spread of printing. |
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| a nomadic people who lived to the north of China on grasslands where they raised horses and herded sheep. |
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| the shortest of China’s major dynasties. A name adopted by Kublai Khan when the capital was moved to Beijing |
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| Was born with the name Temujin. He was the founder of the Mongol empire. Khan means great ruler, and he was exceptionally charismatic. He created a structured army for easy, control and cohesiveness. He later divided the empire to his four sons. |
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| a grandson of Genghis Khan. Was chosen as the great khan. He moved the capital to Beijing, creating the Yuan dynasty, and went to war with the Southern Song. |
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| a Venetian trader who claimed to serve Kublai Khan as an official. He wrote A Description of the World which has been translated into many languages. |
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