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China
Chinese Dynasties
Shang Dynasty
 1750-1045 B.C.E.
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Zhou Dynasty
 1045
B.C.E
– 256
 Mandate
Heaven
of
Qin Dynasty
 Qin
Shihuangdi
 Great unifier
 Great Wall of China
 Collapse after his
death
Han Dynasty
 202
B.C.E. –
220 C.E.
 Expanded
Empire
 Followed
Confucian
thought
Confucianism
 K’ung
Fu Tze (born
583 B.C.E.)
 Focus on creating
social harmony
 Way to do this is
emphasis on duty
and knowing one’s
place in the social
order
Confucian Concepts
 Filial
Piety = Respect for elders
 Five relationships:
 Monarch
and subject
 Parent and child
 Husband and wife
 Elder and younger sibling
 Friend to friend
Confucian Concepts
 Humanity
 Rulers
should act with humanity
and morality
 Those who do not are not fit to rule
 Meritocracy
 Those
who exhibit great moral
merit should govern
 Examination system
Other Dynasties
 Sui
Dynasty: 581- 618
 Tang Dynasty: 618 – 907
 Song Dynasty: 960 – 1279
 Yuan Dynasty: 1279 – 1368
 Ming Dynasty: 1368 – 1644
 Qing Dynasty: 1644 – 1912
Japan
Japanese Emperor
First Emperor was Jimmu in
660 B.C.E.
 Shotoku Taishi (600ish C.E.)
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Prince who effectively unified
Japan
Organized government and
society on Confucian and
Buddhist ideals
Eventually power passed from
emperor to strong warlords
Shogun
 Emperor
eventually gave
authority to a military leader,
called a shogun
 Shogun ruled in the emperor’s
name
 Eventually shogun position
became a figurehead as well
Unification
 By
1550, Japan was starting to
fall apart
 Reunified under three leaders
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Shogunate
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Ruled from 1603 – 1848
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