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9.1c an era of prosperity and innovation, Agriculture - Coggle Diagram
9.1c an era of prosperity and innovation
science and technology
science and technology being made
and discovered due to a high population
scholar-officials restored by tang rulers
this lead to education
printed materials were being used with print blocks
this lead to the movable print maker which allowed printsetters to make any individual letters and could be reused
around 900 AD chinese alchemists discovered the right mixture could be explosive
this mixture now known as gunpowder lead to the first explosive weapons and fireworks
this lead the chinese to revolutionize military weapons.
ex. the first handgun was created
examples of more inventions.
porcelain, mechanical clock, paper money, and magnetic compass
as well as advancements in mathematics. ex. algebra, arithmetic and negative numbers. these spread throughout china
innovation
How did chinese technology and inventions spead throughout the world
Poetry and Art
Tang Period
poetry
Tu Fu
Praised orderliness and confucian virtues. He also wrote about the hardships of war.
wrote about how he was separated from his family by rebels
war
Li Bo
wrote about lifes pleasures
Song Dynasty
Song Huizong
emperor of China from 1100-1125. He was a painter and valued paintings that were realistic
painting
Daoism: urges people to live in harmony with nature.
influenced a lot of art
Did not use bright color. Thought black ink was really important
Culture
why was this stuff important to the culture?
trade and foreign contacts
the tang and imperial armies started to guard the silk roads
China lost control of the routs because of the trade routs
Chinese merchant still required trade, they took to the seas.
sailing took off with new innovations helping them
new trades on seas allowed the trade empire to boom international trade
new trades became available with India, Africa coasts, etc.
more cultures took chances to trade, buddism being the biggest
Improved growing of rice
China improved a new variety of fast-ripening rice from vietanm
Farmers have two rice crops instead of one
Distributed seed throughout the country
Chinese farmers could produce more food
This was needed because of the rapid expanding of population
Development of terraced fields, platforms that farmers cut into sloping land allowing the rice to grow
Song Dynasty
Transformed landscapes of hilly and mountain areas into terraced rice fields
Innovation
Revival of Confucianism
Confucianism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Chinese scholar Confucius
Song Dynasty used an examination system to award government positions
helped promote Confucian beliefs because it required applicants to master ancient literary work
Neo-Confucianism spread to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
What does Neo- mean?
Buddhism became China’s most important belief system after the fall of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism fell into decline
What happens as soon as a majority religion comes into play?
Stressed the importance of social and civic responsibility
What are the other rules of the philosophy
Agriculture