HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sui Dynasty, Yangtze, Population Growth
28 Apr 2019
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Collapse of the han 220 ce. 3 centuries of political fragmentation : rise of powerful, aristocratic families, northern nomads became chinese , rise of buddhism and daoism among the elite, migration southward toward the yangzi river, destruction of forests . Ruthless emperors and failed military campaign to conquer korea. Both established patterns of chinese life that endured into the twentieth century. 6 major ministries: personnel, finance, rites, army. Censorate an agency that exercised surveillance over the rest of the gov"t. Examination system was revived to staff the agency. The great families of large landowners continued to encroach on peasant plots continues to modern times. Song dynasty = the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth. Rapid growth of population: tang 60 million to 120 million in 1200, population boom due to fast-ripening and drought resistant strain of rice from. Vietnam: most urbanized country in the world, song dynasty capital hangzhou = 1 million.
