Reunification
Joining of North and South China
Reunify
Chineses turned to this after the troubled times in China
Buddhism
Seized power in 618
Tang Dynasty
Individually carved characters that made printing easier
Movable type
These people defeated the southern Song loyalists in 1279
Mongols
General that reunified China
Wendi
Through good karma one could achieve this
Nirvana
The two things that flourished during the Tang Dynasty
Art and Literature
Accidental discovery that happened when alchemists attempted to turn worthless metals into gold
Gunpowder
Was the first to unite all of China since the end of the Tang dynasty
Kublai Khan
Wendi's Dynasty
Sui (Sway)
Reason emperors promoted Buddhism
Gain peoples support
Under the Song this crop became the staple of China
Rice
Strong,light nearly see-through ceramic
Porcelain
Mongols and foreigners received the top jobs especially these believers that had the top jobs
Muslims
Successor of Wendi
Yangdi
It made a comeback in the 600s in China
Confucianism
The buying or selling of goods in busy centers of culture
Commerce
Magnetic device used for navigation
Compass
Mongols feared this, so chinese were not allowed government positions
Rebellion
After the collapse of the Han dynasty China was plunged into this for nearly 400 years
Civil War
The three intertwined religions of China
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism
He used Confucian ideas to organize his government
Taizong (ty-Johng)
Coins became to bulky and this was developed
Paper notes IOU's
Three things the Yuan dynasty made that were considered significant cotributions
Agriculture and trade expanded, roads, Grand Canal was extended, postal service, and accurate 365.2 day calendar. Literature flourished