Flashcards in China Deck (36)
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When did the Shang dynasty rule?
End of 2nd millenium BC
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Where were the Shang dynasty based?
Wei river valley, north central China
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When did the Zhou dynasty rule?
1000BC-250BC
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What three things mark out the Zhou dynasty?
1. longest dynasty in Chinese history
2. introduction of iron
3. evolution of writing
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When did Confucianism and Taoism spread?
After the period of the Warring Dynasties?
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Which dynasty founded the first Chinese empire?
Qin
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When did Qin Shi Huang Ti rule?
221-210 BC
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Who was the most prominent Qin dynasty ruler?
Qin Shi Huang Ti
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What was Qin Shi Huang Ti buried with?
Terracota army
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Who built the Terracota Army?
Qin Shi Huang Ti
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When did the Han dynasty rule? Who were they conemporaneous with?
2nd c BC- 2nd c AD, Roman empire
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Who started the Great Wall of China?
Han dynasty
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What 2 factors caused the demise of the Han dynasty?
1. threatening Hun
2. invaders from the west
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When was the period of the Six Kingdoms?
2nd c AD- 589
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When did the Sui dynasty rule?
589-618
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Where was the Sui capital?
Chang'an, on the Wei river
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What did the Sui dynasty build?
Grand Canal
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How long is the Grand Canal?
1,776km
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What does the Grand Canal connect?
Yellow and Yangtze rivers
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What two products proliferated due to the Grand Canal? What was used for the first time to pay for them?
Rice and tea. Paper money
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Which region of China most benefited from the Grand Canal?
South China
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Which region of China did the Sui dynasty conquer? What effect did this have?
The north; united China
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When did the Tang dynasty rule?
618-906
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What was the Tang capital called, and what supplied it? How big was it?
Chang'an, the Grand Canal. 10 sq km
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Name the first four Tang emperors
1. Gaozu
2. Taizong
3. Gaozong
4. Wu Ze Tian
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What marks Wu Ze Tian out?
First female emperor; she was not an empress
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What two factors allowed expansion through the Gobi desert?
1. proliferation of horses
2. Silk Road
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What three cities in Central Asia did the Tangs reach?
1. Tashkent
2. Samarkand
3. Bukhara
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What stopped Tang expansion westwards?
Battle of Talas, 752
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Who was the Battle of Talas between, and what year was it fought?
Abbasids and Tang dynasty, 752
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What consequence for Western culture did the Battle of Talas have?
Chinese prisoners brought paper to Baghdad
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What did north China eat? What did south China eat?
Noodles; rice
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Who translated the Buddhist texts from the Sanskrit? When did he live?
Faxian, 337-422
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What route did Faxian take?
Anti-clockwise around the Himalayas
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Who is the Buddhist equivalent of St Jerome?
Faxian
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