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Trivia Fun Times Forever and Ever!!!!! What were some of Justinian’s
accomplishments? What is excommunication? Why did the Byzantine Empire decline and fall? What is a dynasty? Back in 1964, this band make their first
appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
Chinese Dynasties - Overview
Zhou(Joh): first to use mandate from heaven to justify rule
Qin (Chin): built Great Wall of China
Han: significant expansion and peace
Sui (Sway), Tang (Tahng), Song (Sung): each worked to unify China during chaotic periods
Ming: Forbidden Palace Qing: isolated China
Mandate of Heaven
Divine Right to rule over people Justified take over of previous dynastyExplanation for the rise and fall of
dynasties (Dynastic Cycle)
Dynastic Cycle
• Restores order• Protects people• Rebuilds
infrastructure• Expands
influence/Trade
• Loses control• Overtaxing people• Allow infrastructure to
decline• Treat people unfairly
• Displease heaven
• Floods/Famine• Allow corruption• Unable to defend
invaders
New DynastyClaims Mandate
of Heaven
Aging DynastyStops Providing
Good Government
Old DynastyLoses Mandate
of Heaven
Confucianism
Founder: Confucius (551-479 BCE)Educator & minor political
advisorGoals:
Bring order to societyPromote good government Educated officialsCare about the people
Text: “Analects” Conversations with students
Daoism
Founder: Laozi (Low-dzuh) Text The Way of the Dao
“Dao”= “the way” of the universe Live in harmony by being passive Don’t impose order/structure on life, “Let it Be” Harmony with nature disengage from world
affairs