Unit 1: 1200 - 1450 Flashcards
Global Tapestry & Networks of Exchange
“The way of the Elders” or the “Small Vehicle”
Theravada Buddhism
The oldest school of Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
The “Great Vehicle” or the Big Boat”
Mahayana Buddhism
Buddhism for the masses
Mahayana
“Wise beings”
Bodhisattvas
The “Diamond Vehicle”
Vajrayana
1200-1450
Lamas - Dalai Lama
Vajarayana
1200-1450
Largest city in the world (at the time)
- land port city for the silk road
Chang’an
1200-1450
Embraced traditional Chinese beliefs in nature’s harmony and mystery
Daoism
1200-1450
Nature has divine power
Daoism
1200-1450
Main goal -> become a Junzi
person whose humane conduct (ren) makes him a moral exemplar.
1200-1450
Used to pick between aristocratic apointees
- began Han Dynasty
Imperial examination
1200-1450
Built to increase communication, ease troop movement, imperial highway , transport rice to southern population.
The Grand Canal
1200-1450
Accomplishments of the ________ Dynasty:
1) Grand Canal
2) Equal Field System
3) Gread Wall improvements
4) Spread of Buddhism
Sui Dynasty
1200-1450
Accomplishments of the _______ Dynasty
1) printer and gunpowder
2) China went from Buddhism to neo-confucianism (officially)
3) Imperial Exam
Tang Dynasty
1200-1450
Creations of the _____ Dynasty
1) Woodblock Printing
2) Gunpowder
3) Porcelain
4) Early Paper
Tang Dynasty
1200-1450
Which Dynasty?:
the “golden age of China” / “renaissance china”
Tang Dynasty