Unit 2 Leaders Flashcards
Chandra Gupta Maurya
First to unite all of India
Marian dynasty
Grandson Asoka
Babur
Create Mughal dynasty
Akbar
Tolerate religions
Shah Jahan
Build Taj Mahal, want black one, son throw him in jail, he die
Xia dynasty
First, founder Yu
Shang
2, lady Fu Hao, let men into battle, Mulan
Zhou
3 beautiful art & documentation. Came up with writing
Confucius
Zhou, history teacher
Lao Tze
Zhou, Daoism
Qin
Shortest, start Great Wall, dominated by one person
Shi Huangdi
Leader of Qin, in power 22/25 years
Want to live forever, Mercury poisoning, terracotta warriors
Han
Bring back Confucianism, guaranteed safe travel on silk roads
Wen Di
Responsible for Sui dynasty, vote for me! Owes a lot. Assasinated by son
Sui
Not a lot happened, lose battles, finish grand canal
Tang
Start golden age
Zheng He
Great explorer, sail to show off, invent paper money, “flying paper”
Tests
2000 ppl, 20 get jobs, 2%
Song
Peaceful and prosperous, printing, gunpowder
Ghengus Khan
Never more than 100,000 man army, conquer tribe, every man taller than axel killed
Yuan (mongols)
Very efficient, capital city Beijing, women’s rights
Ming
No divisions of rich and poor, no slavery & feudalism
Forbidden city
Built by king, over 1000 buildings
Hong Wu
Man behind rebellion against Yuon Dynasty
Ming Trade
Restrict trade, only Dutch Japan Portugal
Zheng he
Ming, sail toward Europe, turn around, never do another cruise, admiral
Ching/Qing
Plagued by revolts, everyone wants Chinese goods, fall in 1912
