MMW 12 Chapter Notes - Chapter East Asian Cultures: Later Tang, History Of China

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

Document Summary

East asia were had very advanced societies: however, they still had to fend off and worry about mongol attacks. The medieval chinese economic revolution, 800 1100. ~800 tang dynasty in decline: foreigners threatening their borders, rebellions continued to weaken government, power fell to more regional military governors. Later tang experienced more trade and economic growth than early tang: may be due to decentralization from gov. Late tang experienced more prosperity and more people: aids commercialization of economy. By late tang, paper money was being used. Merchants were more specialized and organized due to trade boom. Medie(cid:448)al e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:396)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) shifts chi(cid:374)a"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:272)e(cid:374)te(cid:396) south: not due to confucian scholar-officials accepting trading they just had to admin. revenue going into state, and this was easier to do if trade was thriving. China during the song and yuan dynasties, 960 1368. ~10 century tang broke up into several states: longest lasting were song in south and liao of north.