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Period: Jan 1, 1156 to Jan 1, 1192
Japanese: Kamakura shogunate
*Shogunate is a military dynasty
*Successful but eventually crumbles
*Laws were unclear
*Various shoguns and daimyos fight for power -
Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Jan 1, 1368
Mongolian: Yuan Dynasty
*Chinese style administration
*Rebuilt the Grand Canal
*New literary form: Novels
*More foreign trade
*Kublai Khan: greatest Yusn Dynasty Ruler
*Traded with Europe and the Middle East
*Capital: Beijing
*MIlitarty and high government jobs were reserved for Mongolians
*More than 1 religion
*Large empire causes larger cost and many problems -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Mongolian: MIng Dynasty
*Many rulers
*Exerted immense cultural and political influence on East Asia and other countries as well
*Founded by Zhu Yuanzhang
*Most Stable dynasty but the most autocratic of all
*Civil service system was perfected
*Ceramics/ Porcelain
*Cultural diffusion -
Period: Jan 1, 1392 to
Korea: Choson Dynasty
*Longest dynasty
*General: Yi-Song-gye
*reduced buddhist influence
*Confucian principle -
Period: to
Japanese: Tokugawa
*Centralized feudalism
*Agriculture improves
*PRofit is made because merchants are trading
*Cities grew
*Zen Buddhism
*Varioation of BUddhism adopted by the Samurai
* Last feudal Japanese military government -
Period: to
China: Tang Dynasty
*Kao-tsu was the first emperor
*Li shiman was the second emperor
*626 A.D "golden Age" began
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*Religion: confucianism
*Confucius was a philospher who created certain beliefs about the government
*"Grand Canal"
*Uniformed government
*Land reform system: equally divided land amongst all adults including peasants
*Strong central governemt
*Developed: astronomy, medicine, and printing techniques
*Tried to eliminate buddhism in 843 to 845
*Silk road -
Period: to Jan 1, 1279
China: Song Dynasty
*Controlled china for 319 years
*Less territory than the Tang Dynasty
*Was troubled with invaders from the north so moved south
*Developed gun powdcer
*Typography and the compass were invented
*Earliest paper currency
*Took place in part of the "golden Age"
*Irrigation system improved
*Peasants were able to grow rice twice a year which they made a profit off the surplus
*Dominated East Asia
*Porcelain -
Period: to
Korean: Shilla Dynasty
*Korea became a tributary state
*Chinease overload but preserved independance
*Korea adopted the confucian emphasis -
Period: to Jan 1, 1392
Korea: Kyoro Dynasty
*Religion: Buddhism
*Improved chinese inventions
*Built their capital at Kaeson