2. 1. Identify the main rulers of the Tang
Dynasty and the extent of their rule
2. Describe the causes and effects of
the Song family’s flight south
3. Summarize the achievements of the
Tang & Song empires
4. Describe changes in Chinese society
3. Sui Dynasty, 589 - 618 CE
618-907, Tang Dynasty
Tang Taizong
Empress Wu
751, Battle of Talas
4. 960-1279, Song Dynasty
tributes to Jurchen
New capital in Hangzhou
Gentry
decrease in women’s status
5.
6. A. Block printing
B. Porcelain
C. Mechanical clock
D. Movable Type
E. Gunpowder
F. Paper money
G. Magnetic compass
H.Rice
8. The Mongols, a nomadic people from the
steppe, conquered settled societies across
much of Asia.
1. Describe the geography of the steppe and
the lifestyle of the nomads
2. Explain Ghenghis Khan’s successes
3. Summarize the extent of the Mongol
Empire and its divisions
20. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir
21. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir
22. Rivers stretch from central Russia to Black
and Caspian seas
Vikings traded and raided along rivers
Novgorod was the first major city, followed
by Kiev
Kiev converts to Eastern Orthodox
Christianity under Vladimir
23. Kiev grew powerful under Yaroslav the Wise
who built the power of the city through
marriages and alliances, using his sons
n.b. Kievan legal code
When he died, the empire was divided
amongst the warring sons
In 1240 when the Mongols invade, Kiev
cannot resist
24. Mongols demanded obedience and tribute
Russian nobility crushed revolts and taxed
the poor brutally to pay the tribute
e.g. Alexander Nevsky
25. Moscow is founded with Ivan I as the leading
citizen.
Ivan II takes the title czar and organizes the
Russian revolt against the Mongols in 1480
26. 1. How did Vladimir’s conversion affect the
citizens, society, and government of Kiev?
2. The Mongols were fierce conquerors, and
their rule cut Russia off from the rest of
the world. Even so, their policies were
integral to the formation of the political
state we know as “Russia”. Explain.
30. 1. Describe Japan’s location and early
history
2. Summarize China’s influence on Japan
3. Describe the highly refined life of
the Heian counrt
4. Summarize the feudal period in Japan
31.
32. Shinto and kami
Yamato clan unites Japan
Chinese ideas
Buddhism, ideographic writing,
food, tea, clothes
Heian Period, 794 - 1185
Fujiwara clan
33. Samurai, “one who serves”
Bushido, “the way of the warrior”
Shogun, “supreme general of the
emperor’s army”
Emperor in Kyoto
Shogun in Kamakura
Daimyo, “great lord” Kamakura