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Monday November 19, 2012• If you were absent Friday, get your 2
items from the back folder – turn in by next Monday
• If you were present & did not turn in the work in class – turn in NOW or it will be half credit
• Terms to Know, chapter 11 NOW!!• 11.1 –Great Chinese Dynasties – SKIP!• 11.2 – NOTES
11.2 Ming Dynasty (1 of 2)– rebel leaders successfully challenged Yuan
dynasty in 1271– 1368 – defeating the last of his rivals, the
winner names himself Hong Wu, founded Ming Dynasty (means “brilliant”)
– reorganized government, high officials answered to him
– laws to protect poor farmers from powerful nobles
– rebuilt China after wars & natural disasters: irrigation, canals, forests
– increased trade and production of goods
11.2 Ming Dynasty (2 of 2)– 1421 – Beijing became new capital, on the edge,
with emperors in the Forbidden City (huge palace)
– large army attacked neighboring countries– Zheng He – Muslim admiral with a fleet of over
300 ships and 28,000 men sent around southeast Asia & into Indian Ocean between 1405-1433
– new styles of portrait and landscape painting– blue & white porcelain – “china”– wrote novels with new printing techniques– 1500’s – influences Europe with exchange of
technology, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and weapons
11.2 Mongol Empire
11.2 Mongol Empire (1 of 4)• North of China• Nomadic warriors, horsemen• Great Wall built to keep them out of China• Raided & invaded China• CLANS: family group with common ancestor• Tribes with no leader or goal until 1206 and
Genghis Khan• Destroyed cities & killed inhabitants of kingdom
of Xixia• 1211 –conquered Jin/Chin Dynasty of China• China saved by Yelu Chucia who showed Mongols
to collect taxes• Learned to use gunpowder
WRITE IN YOUR NOTES:
Tomb Rubbing
Monday, November 26, 2012• On a new page in your notebook, begin this:
(TITLE) “Reasons Mongols are Barbarians”• Put this definition:
“(1)one who is uncivilized; (2) a savage; (3) a fierce, brutal, or cruel person; (4) insensitive, uncultured person”• Below the definition, list 3 things you
remember from the first half of the video from last week that supports the idea that the Mongols are Barbarians – use the worksheet to remind you of last week if you have forgotten!
11.2 Mongol Empire (2 of 4)• 1200s – continued to expand, conquered Turkish empire• 1227 Genghis dies, sons continues• 1234 – Jin Dynasty conquered• 1241 – Russia conquered• Song China finally defeated 1279• Kublai Khan – Genghis’s grandson, finished conquest of
China• 1260 – Kublai becomes Great Khan, rules until 1294• Yuan Dynasty – founded by Kublai 1271 in China, first
foreign ruler of China• Empire stretched from China, to Russia, to Persia –
largest in world• Divided into 4 parts, Kublai ruled all 4• Lasted over 100 years
11.2 Mongol Empire (3 of 4)• Subjects could continue their own governments if tribute
was paid• Religions were not taxed, included many Buddhists,
Daoists, Muslims, & Christians• Empire had peace & stability – trade flourished• Chinese culture spread west on Silk Road (printing, paper
money, gunpowder, porcelain, art, medicine)• Postal system under Kublai Khan to spread information;
over 1,000 stations• Marco Polo – Italian merchant in later 1200s, spent time
at Kublai Khan’s court in China, wrote book: Description of the World & told Europe of Asia
• Ibn Battuta – Arab scholar who traveled Asia & Africa between 1325-1355
• Kept Chinese system of government in China, mostly run by Chinese
CONTINUE NOTES:
11.2 Mongol Empire (4 of 4)• Taxed China heavily to be paid in labor or money• Rebuild Grand Canal• New Chinese capitol – Beijing• Kept their own culture (language, dress, customs)
rather than blending with conquered peoples• Did not treat Chinese as equals• China contacted West through merchants,
missionaries & travelers• SUCCESSION – order by which rulers follow one
another in office – people argued over who was ruler when Kublai Khan died, one cause of decline
• Chang Jiang river flooded repeatedly, ruining farmland• 15 years of famine in the north
FINAL ONE!!
Writing to explain
“change”• Introduce the TOPIC: include WHO/WHAT causes the change, and WHAT changed (and WHEN, if indicated in the writing prompt)
• Indicate the BEGINNING: how were things BEFORE? Describe, give detail, list actions
• Indicate the REASON for change: what/who changed the direction?
• Indicate the END/AFTER: how were things different?
• CONCLUDE: restate the REASON and what changed
Writing to describe
“influence” * EFFECT * IMPACT * PRESSURE * LEVERAGE *• Introduce the TOPIC: include WHO/WHAT is being
influenced [copier], and WHO/WHAT is doing the influencing [original] (and WHEN, if indicated in the writing prompt)
• “BORROWED”: what ideas, actions, inventions, processes, etc. were borrowed from the original?
• “FORCED”: what ideas, actions, inventions, processes, etc. were forced on the copier?
• “INSPIRED”: what ideas, actions, inventions, processes, etc. were inspired by the original?
• CONCLUDE: make a judgment about how these influences change the copier (for the better, for the worse, temporarily, forever, etc.)