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| Military dynasty, a general proclaimed himself emperor and ruled with armies, didn't have large enough army to control all of china so Tibet broke away and nomads took the north, moved the capital farther south to Hangzhou. |
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| chinese military leaders who run a government-fought with each other while nomads conquered parts of northern china |
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| one of the groups china conquered but lost |
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| a general that declared himself emperor |
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| a organized way in which people produce, sell, and purchase things. |
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| changes that brought improvements |
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| a forceful leader the added more officials to the government and strengthen China's military forces. |
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| where monks and nuns lived, meditated, and worshiped |
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| made of fine clay and baked at high temperatures. |
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| chinese rulers supported art and literature and invited artist and poets to work and live here. |
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| one of the most popular poets of the tang era. wrote often about nature. |
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| another favorite poet and rooter about how he was a poor civil servant who had a hard life. |
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| chines painters wrote poetry in brush and ink to write beautiful characters. |
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| where the mongols lived north of china |
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| groups that related families, loosely joined together |
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| wide, rolling, grassy plains that stretch from the black sea to northern china |
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| vast desert that covers parts of mongolia and china, a meeting of Mongol leaders also took place somewhere here |
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means "strong ruler"
he brought together Mongol laws in a new code |
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| Genhis Khan and his warriors became known for their cruelty, it refers to violent actions that are meant to scare people into surrounding or giving up. |
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| Continued the Mongol conquest of china that his grandfather had begun. |
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| The old capital of Mongolia |
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| the new capital of the Mongol empire the modern day location Beijing |
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| one of the most famous European travelers to reach China He came from venice italy. KublaiKhan loved his stories he stayed for 16 years in china. And rules a city in china that is how much kublai Khan trusted him, a famous book even today people read that book. |
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| These rulers took power in A.D. 618 they brought peace to the countryside and gave more land to farmers. As result farmers to make many advances they improved irrigation and introduced a new ways of growing their crops. Farmers also devolved new kinds of rice, which grew well in poor soil, produced more per acre, grew faster, and were resistant to disease. |
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| Nomad turks drove their armies out of central asia to control the silk road which damaged economy. Revolts in tibet and among chine farmers weekend tang and collapsed in 907. |
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| Merchants were able to increase trade with people in other parts of Asia. The Silk Road now under the tang dynasty once again bustled this activity of trade. The Silk Road got its name because silk fabric was traded on this road.In addition china traded other products such as tea, steel, paper, and porcelain |
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| Zhu founded the ming and brought back order, his son became emperor. He worked hard to show power forbidden city was made now too and had thousands of rooms and luxury for more than 500 years. |
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| The dynasty had gathered too much power, had strong rulers but weak rulers came in and the scholar officials had little desire too fix the decline so they taxed too much and the ming fell. Manchus attacked china |
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| Wendi unified chine threw battles. Yangdi started and lost with Korea, built the grand canal and repaired the great wall. People were stressed by the works and taxes so farmers revolted. |
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| Ruled by Kublai Khan moved capital to Khanbalig to present day Beijing, allowed chinese officials to keep their jobs, maintain chinese language law and custom. Chine reached height during that period, ship building and expanding ship trade. Conquered Vietnam and northern Korea. |
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| why is the mongol empire important |
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| Expanded the empire into Europe and the middle east and this made trade easier. |
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| Only the Emperors and Scholar officials were allowed in and it was the center of the capital and built by Yong Le in the ming dynasty. |
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| Connected Yang Tze and yellow river. Important shipping route between north and south, and united economy. |
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| Voyages impressive first fleet 62 large ships. Born in Kun Yang from a poor muslim family. His voyages were to new lands |
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| Reunited china and founded the ming. |
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| Christian missionaries from the Mind dynasty, brought clocks, eyeglasses, and scientific instruments. |
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| Ming officials counted people to collect taxes more efficiently |
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| Was created in part to reduce Buddhism support. It taught that life was just as important as afterlife, followers were expected to take part in life and help others.It criticized Buddhism's beliefs. |
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