China, Korea, Japan

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China, Korea, Japan
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Tang Dynasty , China

• The Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-907), with its capital
  at Chang'an ( ), is regarded by historians as a
  high point in Chinese civilization--equal, or
  even superior, to the Han period. Its territory,
  acquired through the military exploits of its
  early rulers, was greater than that of the Han.
  Stimulated by contact with India ( ) and the
  Middle East, the empire saw a flowering of
  creativity in many fields. Buddhism ( ),
  originating in India around the time of
  Confucius, flourished during the Tang period,
  becoming thoroughly sinicized and a permanent
  part of Chinese traditional culture. Block
  printing was invented, making the written word
  available to vastly greater audiences. The Tang
  period was the golden age of literature and art.
  A government system supported by a large class of
  Confucian literati selected through civil service
  examinations ( ) was perfected under Tang rule.

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Tang, China

• This competitive procedure was designed to draw
  the best talents into government. But perhaps an
  even greater consideration for the Tang rulers,
  aware that imperial dependence on powerful
  aristocratic families and warlords would have
  destabilizing consequences, was to create a body
  of career officials having no autonomous
  territorial or functional power base. As it
  turned out, these scholar-officials acquired
  status in their local communities, family ties,
  and shared values that connected them to the
  imperial court. From Tang times until the closing
  days of the Qing empire in 1911,
  scholar-officials functioned often as
  intermediaries between the grass-roots level and
  the government

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Tang Dynasty

• The Tang Dynasty was est. by a noble named Li
  Yuan. Later the Tang empire expanded under
  emperor Tai Cong. He created a strong central
  government. To work in the Gov. citizens had to
  pass a civil service test the test would test
  if you had mastered Confucian principles. The
  Chinese government became a Meritocracy- a system
  in which people were chosen and promoted for
  their talents.

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Tang dynasty under the control of a womanand
prosperity

• Empress Wu had a prosperous economy, opened up
  areas for farming, encouraged trade. Political
  stability and agricultural prosperity helped with
  trade and New roads helped in this process. One
  road was called the silk road do to the large
  amount of silk traded. Buddhist, Christians, and
  Islamic religions came due to the silk road. The
  tang capital Changan became the largest city in
  the world.

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Arts from the Tang Dynasty and decline

• Many achievements-encyclopedias, dictionaries,
  Histories of china, Block printing(by the Monks,
  Buddhist), also translucent pottery
  created,Poetry became big (Duo Fu, Li Bo were
  poets).
• The Military became weak. The Turks cut off trade
  with the west and shut down the silk road. Famine
  struck the land. In 907 a.d the Tang fell.

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Song Dynasty

• 907a.d. to 960 a.d.- the song dynasty controlled
  china. Zhao Kuangy in took control an started the
  Song dynasty. Population increased with trade and
  commerce-upper class and middle class enjoyed
  high standard of living. Song rulers encouraged
  peaceful policies. The Song dynasty did not have
  large armies but encouraged public works
  projects(digging ditchs and canals).. They
  introduced Tea from South east Asia, faster
  crowing rice,

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Song Dynasty

• It was in Song dynasty China, around 1000 years
  ago, that gunpowder, printing and the
  compass-three great inventions that were to shape
  the course of global civilization-made their
  first appearance.

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Song Dynasty

• The Song Dynasty is notable for the development
  of cities, not only for the administrative
  purposes, but also as centers of trade, industry,
  and maritime commerce. A new group of wealthy
  commoners -- the mercantile class -- arose as
  printing and education spread, private trade
  grew, and a market economy began to link the
  coastal provinces and the interior. Landholding
  and government employment were no longer the only
  means of gaining wealth and prestige. Zhu Xi's
  philosophy became official imperial ideology and
  evolved into a rigid official obligation of
  obedience and compliance of subject to ruler,
  child to parent, wife to husband, and younger
  brother to elder brother. The effect was to
  inhibit the societal development of premodern
  China, resulting both in many generations of
  political, social, and spiritual stability and in
  a slowness of cultural and institutional change
  up to the nineteenth century. Kublai Klan
  defeated the Southern Song to begin the Yuan
  Dynasty in 1279 AD.

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Korea Yi Dynasty

• 1392 - 1910 The ruler of the Yi Dynasty (also
  known as the Joseon Dynasty) moved the capital to
  Hanyang-gun (today's Seoul) in 1394 and adopted
  Confucianism as the country's official religion.
  As a result, Buddhists lost much of their wealth
  and power. It was during this period that the
  Korean alphabet, Hangul, was invented by King
  Sejong the Great in 1446. This period also had
  its share of external problems, suffering
  invasions by the Japanese (1592-1598) and the
  Manchus (1627-1636). With the arrival of Japanese
  and Western traders in the 19th century, the
  Korean rulers tried to prevent the opening of the
  country to foreign trade by closing the borders,
  earning Korea its nickname of the Hermit Kingdom.

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Korea Yi Dynasty

• Beginning in 1876, the Japanese forced a series
  of Western-style trade agreements on Korea,
  leading to Japan's eventual annexation of the
  country in 1910. Due to growing anti-Japanese
  sentiment, in 1897 King Kojong declared himself
  to be emperor of the Taehan Empire, an
  independent Korea. However, during the
  Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Japanese forces
  moved onto the peninsula, despite Korean
  declarations of neutrality. The signing of the
  Japan-Korea Protection Treaty in 1905 gave Japan
  virtual control over Korea, and in 1910 a Korean
  royal proclamation announced the annexation by
  Japan.

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Japan

• The geography isolated the people from Asia, and
  also influenced the culture of the Japanese. The
  land was very mountainous so the people depended
  on the Sea. Also the people were protected from
  invaders. Clans ruled over their own region of
  Japan and these clans practiced Shinto the way
  of the gods. They honored special ancestors
  called kami or spirit. About 400a.d. a clan
  called the yamato to over most of the country.
  This clan produced the emperor of Japan.

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Japan

• Japan was greatly influenced by China, and Korea.
  Japanese adopted the Chinese characters of
  writing, also accepted buddism, also a
  constitution was created after the chinese
  Government, homes were built similar to the
  chinese. The first capital of Japan was called
  Nara (a.d. 710).

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Heian period

• Later a period called the Heian period . This
  time period established the capital called Heian
  Kyo capital of peace.remained capital for 1000
  years. This period was known for its arts and
  poetry. Handwriting was at this time to determine
  your character.

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The way of the warrior

• Two families disputed for the power of Japan
  after the Heian period. Taira (lost) and Minamoto
  families. The emperior gave the title of shogun
  (great general) to the Minamoto family.

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