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Chinese Dynasties (600-1650). I. Tang Dynasty: (618-907) Lasted 300 years and became the richest and most powerful country in the world at that time. Tang Taizong : (627-649) powerful Chinese ruler who accomplished many things: * Expanded the empire. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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I. Tang Dynasty: (618-907)
Lasted 300 years and became the richest and most powerful country in the world at that time.
II. Song Dynasty –-(960-1279) prosperous dynasty but was weakened by invaders and eventually conquered by the Mongols in 1279.
Chinese Inventions Time Period
Porcelain 700’sMechanical Clock
700’s
Block Printing 700’sGunpowder 800’sPaper Money 1020’sMagnetic Compass
1100’s
2. Chinese attitude: Called themselves “Middle Kingdom” illustrating that they saw themselves as the center of the universe
3. Zheng He – 1405 - set out with fleet of ships to promote oversea trade and collect tribute [payment] from lesser lords
a. took 7 trips and traveled to Southeast Asia, India, Arabian Peninsula, and along coast of East Africa
a. Chinese were uninterested in European attempts at trade and were untrusting of foreigners after Mongol invasion and rule