WH1 Post-Classical Asia

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Sui Dynasty

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Reunified China after centuries of division, established a centralized government, and reformed the civil service to include merit-based appointments.

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Tang Dynasty

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Reunified China, implemented land redistribution and civil-service exams, established a large bureaucracy under the Mandate of Heaven, and facilitated the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road.

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Sung (Song) Dynasty

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Known as the 'Golden Age' for inventions like movable type printing, gunpowder warfare, and the compass, as well as advancements in paper money and civil service exams.

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Ming Dynasty

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Consolidated imperial power, built the Forbidden City, and connected the Great Wall.

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Civil Service System/Exams

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A system used by dynasties like the Tang to select scholar-officials based on Confucian principles through rigorous examinations.

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Mandate of Heaven

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The Chinese political philosophy asserting that rulers were divine but their right to rule was contingent on maintaining justice and order.

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Buddhism in China/Asia

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Spread from India to China, Korea, and Japan, facilitated by Tang Dynasty foreign policy along the Silk Road.

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Neo-Confucianism

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A new religion formed during the Tang period by fusing Buddhist ideas with Confucianism, emphasizing service to the state above personal gain.

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Agricultural Advancements (Tang/Sung)

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Included innovations like the iron plow and new rice crops that allowed for two harvests per year.

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Technological Innovations (Tang/Sung)

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Significant developments included woodblock printing and gunpowder.