MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Zoroastrianism, Yuan Dynasty, Proselytism

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Mmw 12 lecture 19 the cosmopolitan tang dynasty (613-907) Qin is to han as sui is to tang: smaller, earlier dynasty set the scene for the later dynasty to succeed, qin and sui short, authoritarian, harsh rule dynasties. Han and tang take advantage of that and establish new dynasties in their wake. Examination system: taking power away from elite, centralization. Grand canal: links north and south; links yellow river and yangtze river: way to transport grain from the southern regions into the northern regions for taxes. Need to be able to take your herd out yourself and do things yourself: foreign connections, women often run household affairs, horsemanship, pastoralism/wheat agriculture. Many people are involved to make an irrigation system work. Isolationism/han chauvinism: women isolated in homes, seamanship. Nomadic people are barbarians since they don"t follow the agricultural lifestyle: rice agriculture. Language: emperors speak tuoba xianbei, use han" as derogatory term, give turkic childhood nicknames.