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III. Routes The “Silk Road” The route along which Mahayana Buddhism entered China the Grand Canal before 1250. IV. Other Features Gobi Desert The North China Plain Tibetan Plateau Sichuan Basin Korean Peninsula Xiongnu territory. I.Rivers Yangzi / Yangtze River - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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I.RiversYangzi / Yangtze RiverYellow River (Huanghe)III. RoutesThe Silk RoadThe route along which Mahayana Buddhism entered Chinathe Grand Canal before 1250IV. Other Features Gobi DesertThe North China PlainTibetan PlateauSichuan BasinKorean PeninsulaXiongnu territoryII.CitiesLuoyang / LoyangJiankang (modern Nanjing / Nanking)Changan (modern Xian)Kaifeng/Kai-feng
The transformation of society750 and 1050 compared
Tang 618-907The An Lushan rebellion 755-757Five Dynasties (in the north) 907-960Ten Kingdoms (in the south) 907-980Liao (the Khitans) 915-1125Song 960-1279
12 hours per day beginning in the Warring States period10 day weeks 12 months of 30 days. Beginning in Eastern Han named by number, 1st moon, 2nd moon, etc.four seasons (defined by the solstices and equinoxes)year (beginning and ending at the winter solstice)12 animals (rat, ox, etc.) already by the Qin dynasty60 year cycles (10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches) beginning in the Western Han (a1, b2 a11, b12, c 1 i11, j12)
counting years: from the first year of a rulers accession (Shang, Zhou, early Han)by the reign period within the reign of a ruler (beginning in 110 BC)Telling Time
exampleWhen was January 1, 755 in Tang terms?In Chinese it was 13()1114
Which translates as: Great Tang the emperor (posthumously known as) Xuan-zong (Mysterious-Ancestor) his reign period named Tianbao (Heavenly Treasure)the 13th year (the jiawu year )intercalary 11th month14th day
Song and surrounding states, ca. 1100Liao
Transport networks, Tang and Song comparedTangSong
Huai River as the dividing line between north and south
Scroll of Kaifeng in the 11th century: Website: tutorials, slide shows, and scrollsView the scroll Qingming shanghe tu (Going up the River during the Qingming Festival)
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