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Tang/song/mongol/ming
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9th Grade
05/21/2010

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Empress Wu
Definition
Empress of tang dynasty, china's only woman to have title of empress. she also founded the zhou dynasty.
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Acchievements of tang + Song
Definition
Tang -
Started monetary system
writing system (calligraphy)
Woodblock Printing
confucianism.

Song-
Civil service exams
spinning wheel
calligraphy
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Golden Horde
Definition
Army of mongols - conquered east Europe.
established Khanade in Russia
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Ming historical leaders
Definition
Zhu Yuan - founder
Large military
Reformed conquered lands
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Rise of Tang + Song
Definition
Tang - family of aristocrats (Li family).
2 emperors who were cousins. They had a strong military letting them prosper.
Song- Emperor tazu successfully unified china + conquered surrounding lands. Their scientific advances also helped them rise to power.
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Ming golden Age
Definition
Trade was advanced with many military systems. Discovered a new passage.
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Qing Dynasty
Definition
during 18th century. Faced rebellions because of increased population and land.

had 6 ministires, all had special problems to deal with.
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Rise of mongols
Definition
Formerly nomadic until Genghis Khan came to rule. They adopted Turkish culture because they were surrounded by Turks. They soon became more unified and proclaimed a vast empire.
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Yuan Dynasty
Definition
Continued after the Mongol's rule. Increased the use of written language and enforced cartography, as well as other scientific and artistic expressions. Drama and literature flourished because of this during the time period.
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Reforms of Tang and Song
Definition
- Improved education
- Confucianism
- Civil service exams created to put the best people in power
-Distributed land to peasants .
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Reforms of Tang and Song
Definition
- Improved education
- Confucianism
- Civil service exams created to put the best people in power
-Distributed land to peasants .
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Rise of the Ming Dynasty
Definition
An attempt to rebuiled the state infrastructure was done by Emperor Hongwu and succeed. The cities were highly regarded as well as their military system.
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Zheng He
Definition
Voyaged from southeast asia to south asia, but Ming destroyed his records and ended his voyaging career
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Closing of china
Definition
China was in a pickle because of extreme taxation. There was a 4 class system and the lowest class was being taxed highly and the highest class wasn't.
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