The early Islamic empire expanded using three methods. These methods included military conquest, political means, and financial incentives. First, the Islamic empire expanded through military force. According to the document A: battle of Yarmuck, the battle was fierce and bloody. 24,000 Muslims took part and 70,000 Greeks were put to death.
We should celebrate the voyages of Zheng He because he overcame great odds in childhood, castrated by the Ming Dynasty, he traveled over 100,000 miles with very little technology, he managed a total of 37,500 men, managed a four hundred feet boat, he was a great leader to his soldiers, and created cultural diffusion in China. Zheng He overcame great odds in childhood was by in 1381, a ten year old boy named Ma He from Yunan Province in southern China watched his father died at the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also taken into prisoner to serve the Emperor’s son, Prince Zhu Di. However before serving the emperor’s son was by being castrated and to join (forced) the thousands of eunuchs. Zheng He served the prince well and rose in the ranks of the
How barbaric were the Mongols? There’s no evidence that specifically leans to one side. During the 13th century started the Mongols era, it later ended in 1502. How should we make of the Mongols? “In a word, unless they retreat in a body, all who take flight are put to death.”
The Great Wall was made by the Qin and Han dynasty's to keep out invaders and other enemies. The benefits did outweigh the cost because it kept your city protected, it was harder for invaders to attack. They also put troops in the frontier areas of the Wall to increase the security level. According to document A it states that "the government will construct walled cities, well protected by high walls, deep moats, catapults, and thorns." This shows that the Qin and Han wanted to make it harder for the mongols to attack and that china wanted to be prepared for when other dangerous situations happen.
The Mongol empire accomplished the great feat of being the largest empire ever created. To put in into better perspective, it was larger than Alexander the Great and Tamerlane’s empires combined (Document 1)! However, the Mongols are also known for being brutal, killing more than 5 million people (Document 4). Several important laws and neighborly customs observed in today's society were first introduced by the visionary Mongols. It seems effortless to group the Mongols in the simple category of "blood-thirsty barbarians," but their accomplishments cannot go unacknowledged and
For decades people have been wondering if the Han dynasty was effective or not. The Han dynasty was the dynasty after the Qin dynasty. Unlike the Qin dynasty that only ruled a short time of fourteen years, the Han dynasty ruled over four hundred years. So with the evidence that I have read, I believe that the Han dynasty was an effective government for a number of reasons.
The Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty both had methods for choosing government officials. However, the Song Dynasty had the most foolproof way of choosing their government officials. This is because of three reasons. The first reason, is the school was funded by the state, which made it more equal and affordable between the aristocrats and the common people to get education to pass the exam. Another reason is that scribes copied the exams to be graded so the people who are grading the tests couldn't favor one person over the other.
Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties (China) POLITICAL Sui Founded by emperor Wen (ruled 581-604), emperor Yang (ruled 604-617), emperor Gong (ruled 617-618), emperor Yang Hao (ruled 618), last emperor Gong II (ruled 618-619) When emperor Wen began to rule, he rebuilt the state structure and created a structure of three departments (Chancellery, the Secretariat, and the Department of State Affairs) and six ministries (personal, sacraments, finance, justice, civil works, war).
The Song and Tang Dynasties had many differences and similarities in the Period of Prosperity. First is the similarities. The Tang and Song had many similarities. Some of those similarities are both of the dynasties economies flourished and were very successful in the Period of Prosperity. Another similarity is in both dynasties art was very popular and successful.
The Chinese development of technological advances, allowed the era of the Tang, and the Song dynasty to bring about a social, political, and urban change. The Chinese found new techniques in Agriculture and farming rice. This allowed for more growth and spreading of population in the regions. As the population grew, people were interest in new jobs and careers in the markets. So, they sought out jobs such as shop sellers, blacksmiths, metallurgy, fishing, and government work.
The Tang and The Song Dynasty's were very similar. One of the the similarities was the Period of Rebellion/Warfare which was basically the end of both Dynasty’s. The Tang Dynasty were the followers of Confucius. This dynasty had a really great start but as it started to grow, then things went downhill.
Some of the most relevant cultural and technological achievements were made during the Tang and Song eras, it was in this period of time that three of the four most important inventions of Chinese civilization were discovered and put into practice: In the Song period were discovered the compass, the printing press, and the black gunpowder. It should be noted that Bi Sheng invented the printing press 400 years earlier than the Europeans, his Song built the world 's first astronomical clock. Firearms began to be used extensively in military combat, and shipbuilding improved considerably, silk production, and porcelain crafts also flourished, in the twelfth century Song became the first government in the world to print their own paper money. The
China, up until the Qin Dynasty, consisted of independent states controlled by kings fighting each other for land and power. This time period was called The Era of Warring States, which lasted two hundred years. After this time, the Qin Dynasty rose to power. They conquered all other dynasties, and established a centralized government, unifying China for the first time. The dynasty that succeeded the Qin, the Han, continued the centralized government and they started a westward expansion that would encourage trade and cultural diffusion.
Zhu Yuanzhang led a very strong and powerful army to take control of the Yuan Dynasty and they were successful. That led them to gain power. They consolidated by trading and it was even more beneficial to them since they were in Asia and near the water so it was easy for them to use boats to travel and trade. They also secured their borders from their enemies by building the Great Wall of China. They managed to maintain power by allowing everyone in the empire freedom of religion and fair rules and they had good economic income from trading.
In the Dynastic cycle, the Song and Tang Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of Prosperity but, also had some differences. Let’s start off with the similarities. In both the Song and Tang dynasties, different types of art expanded throughout their period of Prosperity. These types of art were landscape paintings and pottery. Another thing the two dynasties have in common is that they both follow the Confucianism way of ruling China.
