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Chinese Dynasties
Mind map: Chinese dynasties
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Chinese Dynasties
Shang
- First Chinese dynasty
- Centered around hunting, war, loyalty
- Pictograms and symbols foundational to modern Chinese language
- King was the connection between people and the gods
- Defeated by Zhou
- King was the connection between people and the gods
- Pictograms and symbols foundational to modern Chinese language
- Centered around hunting, war, loyalty
- First Chinese dynasty
Zhou
- Propagated itself
- Mandate of Heaven
- Gov and religion split
- Decentralized
- Declined to Warring States period
- Confucianism
- Declined to Warring States period
- Decentralized
- Gov and religion split
- Mandate of Heaven
- Propagated itself
Qin
- First Chinese Empire
- Gained power through Warring States period
- Overthrown by people's revolt
- Heavily infrastructured China
- Based on Legalism
- Heavily infrastructured China
- Overthrown by people's revolt
- Gained power through Warring States period
- First Chinese Empire
Han
- Based on family
- Incorporated aspects of Legalism and Confucianism
- Mandate of Heaven
- Centralized government
- Conflict with Nomads
- Ultimate Decline
- Political fragmentation
- Ultimate Decline
- Conflict with Nomads
- Centralized government
- Mandate of Heaven
- Incorporated aspects of Legalism and Confucianism
- Based on family
Sui
- Centralized
- Completed Grand Canal
- Ended by assassination
- Completed Grand Canal
- Centralized
Tang
- Examination System
- Confucianism
- Decentralized
- Cosmopolitan capital
- Imposed tributary system
- Thrived on Silk Road
- Adopted aspects from Europe and Western Asia
- Thrived on Silk Road
- Imposed tributary system
- Cosmopolitan capital
- Decentralized
- Confucianism
- Uighur
- Tibetan
- Liao
- Pastoral nomads
- Mahayan Buddhism
- Song paid tribute
- Mahayan Buddhism
- Pastoral nomads
- Good relation with Tang
- Liao
- Turkish
- Tibetan
- Examination System
Song
- Technologies derived from Tang
- Sea-dependent
- Xenophobic
- Confuciansim
- Introduced paper money
- Inflation
- Gunpowder
- Introduced paper money
- Confuciansim
- Xenophobic
- Sea-dependent
- Technologies derived from Tang
Yuan
- Mongol domination
- Opened trade with Europe
- Unified 3 previous states
- Rebellion ends dynasty
- Bubonic plauge
- Unified 3 previous states
- Opened trade with Europe
- Mongol domination
Ming
- Wanted to eradicate Mongols
- Confucianism
- Little imports
- Silver currency
- Extended Great Wall
- Decentralized
- Strong military
- Gov exams
- Decentralized
- Extended Great Wall
- Silver currency
- Little imports
- Confucianism
- Wanted to eradicate Mongols
Qing
- Machus: elite
- Mandate
- Final Chinese Dyansty
- Infrastructure
- Decentralized
- Resisted trade
- Opium War
- Resisted trade
- Decentralized
- Infrastructure
- Final Chinese Dyansty
- Mandate
- Machus: elite
Republic
- Constitutional
- Civil war with communists
- Constitutional
Communism
- Overthrew republic
- Supported by USSR
- Overthrew republic
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