Ancient China Influence

In bountiful places all over the world during the Post-Classical era, between the sixth and thirteenth century, there were many innovations. Especially in China when the three prodigious dynasties thrived; the Sui, Tang, and Song. The Sui, Tang, and Song bestowed numerous changes, along with continuity. Two of the most evident changes during this dynasties were technology and the repercussion of Confucianism and Buddhism on the empires. There was many continuities within the government, structure and culture. During 581 and 1279, China saw the advances in technology in Confucianism, while controlling alike government, structure, and culture.

Ancient China was a highly developed civilization whose many dynasties each had some kind of significant development, let it be in trade, invention, art, religion, government, or architecture. Two dynasties in particular, however, marked the Golden Age of Chinese history. This period is known for its large economic revolution. The two dynasties were called the Tang & Song Dynasty. The Tang & Song Dynasties were experiencing a Golden Age due to the fact that they had a fair system in granting government positions, brought highly advanced inventions to the world, and had very intricate architecture.

China, up until the Qin Dynasty, consisted of independent states controlled by kings fighting each other for land and power. This time period was called The Era of Warring States, which lasted two hundred years. After this time, the Qin Dynasty rose to power. They conquered all other dynasties, and established a centralized government, unifying China for the first time. The dynasty that succeeded the Qin, the Han, continued the centralized government and they started a westward expansion that would encourage trade and cultural diffusion. The Qin and Han Dynasties were similar in that they both believed in a strong centralized government, which strengthened and unified their empires, but they differed in that the Qin followed the strict Legalism while the Han followed the more flexible Confucianism, and the way they interacted with outsiders; the Qin tended to be more defensive of outsiders while the Han were more interactive and wanted to build relationships with foreigners.

China has always had a reputation for having a rigorous education system, as it is characterized by heavy emphasis on rote memorization of texts and the ignorance of critical disposition and rational reasoning. In ancient China, the Civil Service Examination served as a system for the most talented scholars to obtain an official position in the palace. Education has been perfected throughout the years and when Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, rose to power, he altered policies and standard ideologies. The Cultural Revolution, which was mobilized by Mao to reassert his authority and eradicate reactionaries, affected several facets of

The Yuan Dynasty was a time when the Mongols ruled over China and unified China with its territory. Khublai Khan was the great emperor who ruled China during the Yuan Dynasty from 1271 to 1368. Khublai is the grandson of the famous Genghis Khan who was the ruler of the Mongol Empire. The Yuan Dynasty was the first time that non-native Chinese ruled all over China. According to Mongolian history, the Yuan dynasty is considered like a continuation of the Mongol Empire. Mongols and foreigners were taking over the more prominent and valued positions nationally and locally. The Chinese majority Han people were discriminated against in social and political aspects of life at this time in history. The Chinese were sometimes unhappy with

Japan and Korea were able to advance their way of life due to the broad acceptance of the Chinese culture. The cultural exchange resulted from immigration and trade within the region of East Asia. Japan and Korea were very assertive in maintaining the relationship among countries within the continent which assisted in maintaining strong and consistent trading. Trade originated in East Asia as early as the first century. Trade in China began in the regions of Han; the downfall of the Han dynasty resulted in regional division within East Asia. This division produced political maturity within the regions of East Asia. In 589, the Sui dynasty was established; this dynasty's goal was to reunite China with the other regions. As a result, the Chinese were then able to trade with other regions which made them become a successful model later on. After achieving a long history of success, China’s cultural methods greatly influenced Japan, Korea, and also acted as a good example for many other countries in the world. China influenced Japan and Korea through religion, art, government, architecture, and much more. When China's influences took place with both Korea and Japan, the practices created similar/different societies using the same techniques. China had strong ties with Japan and Korea due to regional trading; it's apparent that the Chinese culture had a significant impression upon the cultures of both

In ancient China, the large mountains in the West and many seas surrounding China in the East, created natural barriers affecting the lives of the Chinese people. The Great Wall of China, built during the Qin Dynasty, plus all of the natural barriers, kept the

In the song Dynasty, scholar-officials emerged as a new social group. They were incorporated in government through the establishment of civil service examinations and became powerful. This expansion occurred due to the need to eliminate the power of the military. Assets associated with scholar officials was education and land. So in the Song dynasty, education was directly related to wealth. Elite families used several strategies to maintain their identity and status, including owing land, and participation in civil service examinations, eventually leading to a spot in government. A few activities elites would engage in are poetry, calligraphy, and painting. These were known as “The 3 Perfections”. They were connected to class and status, and showed a good education. The Song dynasty was known as a period of multi state. It consisted of the Northern Song and the Southern Song. The northern Song was conquered by the Jin or the Jurchen, who were nomads who lived in the forests of Manchuria. The Song attempted to recover the North but could not because of their weak military force. Women remained inferior than men during the Song

Politics and social class in Classical China was quite different compared to Classical India. At this time, politics in the ancient time was mostly monarchy and created a strong bureaucracy. Monarchy in Classical China were mostly based upon of the fact of the dynasties. Some famous emperors from this time was Qin Shi Huangdi from the Qin Dynasty and Wu Ti from the Han Dynasty. Qin Shi Huangdi centralized government by putting his people and the system was based on loyalty, trust. Wu Ti expanded the Chinese territory which brought peace and prospered. Their bureaucracy had many different parts and if someone died, they would’ve just plugged in someone else in their place. People who wanted to be a bureaucrat had to take the civil service exam,

The River Valley Civilizations of ancient China, Egypt and Mesopotamia were crucial contributions to future civilizations. They invented new ways of writing, laws to help keep civilization and society just and controlled and developed trade routes to help spread cultural diffusion.

Buddhism arose in India, and eventually spread to and influenced China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. Political instability also arrived somewhat after the arrival of Buddhism in China, but that stability was reestablished after 570 C.E. China, at the time of their instability, was under a Legalist structure enforced by Qin Shihuangdi, and after the fall of the Qin, it was under the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty arose in 206 B.C.E, unifying China and ruling under a Confucian structure. The responses to the spread of Buddhism in China between 500 B.C.E to the 9th century C.E varied in the author’s outlook as to how Buddhism changed the lifestyle, effected Chinese tradition, and caused a division of political structure.

China was providing luxury exports like silk, and demanding silver in exchange. Wealth poured into the Chinese economy. The Chinese emperors were captivated by Europeans’ technology and scientific developments that they even advanced ideas about firearms. There was a presence of Jesuits, but it had a minimal impact on China. Ancestor worship, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism were still the main Chinese religions. Even with a strong European presence in China, imperial government regulation, Confucian bureaucracy, dynastic patterns, and culture identity remained unchanged. The Chinese continued to follow their traditions despite Western Europeans best efforts to change

During this time period china was basically falling apart. The Chinese’s way how government had no set way, and was constantly being oppressed by foreign influence. Every part of their government was flawed. They began all these programs and laws in efforts to improve their country, but they soon abolished it all. They were sending children away to study in foreign nations. They abolished their laws in effort to win back the support of highly valued Chinese subjects. Chinese women were too having a tough time as well. They were dealing with maul practices such as foot bindings. This was a terrible practice which was extremely painful. They would take a girl as young as 4 years old and purposely break their feet. They would then bend their toes behind their feet because it was said the women with small feet were highly desire by the opposite sex. China had many things that need to be done in order to have a promising government.

Widely known as a popular East-Central Asian ethnic group, the Mongols eventually ruled most of Russia, Persia, Korea, Southeast Asia, China, India, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. They were a mixture of prairie and also forest people. They originated north from present-day Mongolia. Typically, the Mongols stayed in circular tents and changed campgrounds according to the season. While living on the steppes was a struggle, their diet consisted of livestock and other animal products. This greatly increased their muscle mass since they took in so much protein. Conquering and expanding their empire was done by having a well-disciplined military with skilled leaders. Mongol archers were extremely skilled with the bows being dangerously accurate at over 200 yards.

When Hongwu came into power, he spent a lot of time to changing Chinese culture by reintroducing Confucian values and traditions. To do so, he made a list of forty-one rules called the “Placard of People’s Instructions.” This list was made in hopes to preserve