MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Zhu Xi, Kamakura Shogunate, Kublai Khan

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 13
• Professor: Dana Murillo

Document Summary

China during the song and yuan dynasties (960-1368) He was a general who was elevated to the status of emperor by his troops. Wanted to make sure no one could do what he did again so he rotated the generals, retired them, and hired people to supervise them. He expanded the examination system to keep a large base of bureaucrats. Had to appease the khitans and their liao dynasty. Jurchens turned on the song even though the song were allied with them against the khitans. S capital became a center of social, cultural and intellectual life. S song dynasty controlled of the original song dynasty and stayed amazing until the mongols took over in 1279. Broader and better educated than elite in previous periods. Came into their class by passing the state exams. A fully developed examination system caused aristocratic habits and prejudices to disappear.