CHINA IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Invented within China during the 9th century. Became a dominate military technology.

• Silk Road

• porcelain

• compass

• Gunpowder

an economic system based on money rather than barter

• Marco Polo

• Mandate of Heaven

• money economy

a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government

• Mandate of Heaven

• Civil Service Exam

• Three Perfections

an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

• compass

• Gunpowder

• Civil Service Exam

An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea

• Three Perfections

• Silk Road

• Civil Service Exam

the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods

• compass

• Mandate of Heaven

• Three Perfections

a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China

• Gunpowder

• Civil Service Exam

• porcelain

painting, poetry, and calligraphy

• Three Perfections

• Mandate of Heaven

• Civil Service Exam

Italian explorer who wrote about his travels to Central Asia and China.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Marco Polo

• Gunpowder

Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism

• a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China

• Three main belief systems in China

• Large Chinese sailing ships