Dates
What is 500s CE?
Ruler of the Mongols, dominated most of the known world
Who is Genghis Khan?
This dynasty was started by Kublai Khan and the Mongols after the conquest of China.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Mongol word meaning Ruler
This city was the capital of the Tang dynasty, had over 1 million people living there, and was located at the end of the Silk Road.
What is Chang'an?
What is 618 CE?
Famous explorer that reported of China having "burning stone."
Who is Marco Polo?
This Dynasty made its government stable by reviving the bureaucracy.
System of government with many departments and bureaus led by appointed officials.
Bureaucracy
These two items were what China exported on the Silk Road.
China's Only Empress
Who is Wu Zhao?
This dynasty had the world's strongest and most stable government thanks to the merit system.
What is the Song Dynasty?
A man who passed a civil service exam and qualified for government jobs.
What is a Scholar Official?
This group of people had taken the place on the social hierarchy that noble families used to have.
What are scholar officials?
What is 1162 CE?
The Despot leader of the Ming Dynasty. Started a secret police and had 100,000 people executed for treason.
Who is Hongwu?
This dynasty rose to power after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
A system in which people are hired and promoted based on talent and skills.
What is the Merit System?
The Tang and Song dynasties represent this age of art and literature in China.
What is the Golden Age?
What is 1279 CE?
These people were welcome in the Yuan Dynasty.
What are foreigners?
This is the chronological order of the 4 Dynasties.
What is Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming
After Genghis Khan's death, his Empire was divided into 4 parts called this.
What is Khanates?
These three areas where the areas that Genghis Khan conquered.
Where is Northern China, Asia, and into Russia?