Earthly Sovereign

Human Sovereign

great great grandson of the Yellow Emperor

great grandson of the Yellow Emperor

grandson of the Yellow Emperor

originator of Chinese civilization

the great

was later succeeded by

the Shang dynasty.

What dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great?

the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography?

_______ is the earliest dynasty of traditional Chinese history

Longest dynastic regime

_______Peace and prosperity and

• Feudal system/warlord

“Master Kong” | Paragon of Chinese sages

the second sage “Human Nature”

First emperor of unified China

_______Great wall of China

• Imperial Dynasty

• First Central Government

• Burned Books

• Destroyed Feudal system

Golden Age of China

• Paper

• sundials / water clocks

• seismograph

• Confucianism – National Religion

• Civil service exam

• Silk Road

Longest dynastic regime

• Peace and prosperity

• Feudal system/warlord

• Confucius – “Master Kong” | Paragon of Chinese sages

• Lao Tzu – Tao Te-Ching “The way of Virtue”

• Mencius – the second sage “Human Nature”

the second imperial dynasty of China?

considered a golden age in Chinese history?

______greatest

emperors, Emperor Wu of Han

First Emperor Wendi

• Unified China

• Grand Canal

• Rebuilding of the Great Wall

Emperor Gaozu

• Gunpowder

• waterproofing

• Fireproofing

• Gas stoves

• Air conditioning

Emperor Gaozu

• Gunpowder

• waterproofing

• Fireproofing

• Gas stoves

• Air conditioning

Movable Type Printing

• Uses for gunpowder

• Mechanical clock

• Paper money

Yuan

• Kublai Khan

• First Foreign-ruled

• The Black Death

Emperor Hongwu executed 100,000

• Forbidden City

• Ended by Rebellions

• Last Imperial dynasty ruled by Han people

Manchu/Manzu

• The last Chinese Dynasty

• 268 years, from 1644 to 1912

• First Opium War (Britain)

• Second Opium War / Arrow War (Britain and France)

• Boxer Rebellion

______The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade?

______also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection

Japan's medieval history began with the Asuka period, from around 600 to 710.

Nara period, (ad 710–784), in Japanese history, period in which the imperial government was at

Nara, and Sinicization and Buddhism were most highly developed. Nara, the country's first

permanent capital, was modeled on the Chinese T'ang dynasty (618–907) capital, Ch'ang-an

Heian period, in Japanese history, the period between 794 and 1185, named for the location of

the imperial capital, which was moved from Nara to Heian-kyō (Kyōto) in 794.

_____Loss of imperial power also led to the rise of provincial warrior elites

Tokugawa or Edo period

Society in the Japanese "Tokuga

Goguryeo

southwest

southeast Korean peninsula

cradle of civilization

earliest civilization

first empire

creative empire

iron discoverer

Largest empire

The new Babylon

founder of Achaemenid dynasty of Persian Empire

bureaucracy was developed

primary religion of Persia

second Persian Empire

Persian Empire (Iran) conquered by?

Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus River evolving

gradually into the Indus Valley Civilization.

_____empires are called the Golden Age of India

collection of hymns in praise of the gods

collection of melodies and chants “book of song”

collection of prayers, rituals and Mantras “Worship”

collection of spells, charms, and incantation

class structure that is determined by birth

Veda