The Golden Age of China

The “Golden Age” of China The Tang and Song Dynasties I. THE END OF CLASSICAL ERA CHINA A. During the Han Dynasty, the Chinese had ______for government workers; the exams were based on the teachings of Confucius B. The Chinese invented ______-______that attracted great interest in trade from people outside of China 1. The ______trade route brought Chinese ______to Europe and Asia and increased ______(blending of cultures) C. Much like the Roman Empire and the other Classical civilizations, Classical China under the Han Dynasty entered an era of ______and eventually ______D. After the Han Dynasty ______in the year 220, no emperor was strong enough to ______the Chinese people into one single territory under one ruler a. Over the next 350 years, China was ______into several small kingdoms; more than 30 local ______rose and fell E. POLITICS: By the year 589, China was ______again under the ______and a strong central government was restored 1. Bringing back the ______examination system helped manage the massive Chinese empire

II. THE RISE OF POST-CLASSICAL CHINA: THE TANG AND SONG DYNASTIES A. ECONOMICS-TRADE: During the ______and ______Dynasties, China experienced an extended “______” B. China became the ______, most powerful, and most ______country in the world 1. For the first time in China’s history, emperors actually ______foreign trade connected to the Muslim ______Empire by the Silk Road) a. Emperors did their best to protect the trade routes along the ______b. Chinese merchants relied on ______as well to trade with India and Arabia 2. Increased trade led to the spread of ______(centralized government, Confucianism, and their writing system) to neighboring areas, like Korea, ______, and Southeast Asia 3. RELIGION: Increased trade helped ______throughout China C. The Tang and Song Dynasties were eras of major technological ______and ______1. INNOVATION: a good, a service, a product, a method, a technology, or an idea that is new and original 2. These ______technologies helped make China the most advanced country in the world (at the time) a. Much of China’s technological inventions ______across ______(such as the Silk Road) to other people in Asia and Europe Chinese Innovations 1. 6.

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D. ECONOMICS- AGRICULTURE: The Tang set up the ______which gave peasants land 1. Under the Song, ______production doubled and the population of China ______E. WOMEN’S RIGHTS: During the Tang Dynasty, women had the right to be seen in public, ______property, and ______1. During the Song Dynasty, ______was practiced to show that a woman was a part of the aristocracy. III. THE END OF THE CHINESE GOLDEN AGE Despite the ______and power China had during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Chinese were briefly ______by foreign nomads known as the ______