Unit One: The Global Tapestry

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: The Global Tapestay

1.1 development in East Asia from C. 1200 to C. 1450

son g dynasty 960-1279

weak

created by thao kuangyin who became Emperor

dynasry.

Taizu

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unable to defeat the Khitane in the North & forced.

to pay tribute to them. nomad (don't have a settled place)

overpaided eure ancracy create

levels of government ex: school system.

reliance on scholar gentry to lead military.

201400 not train and every month one

leader.

Neo- confusianism emerged & believed that th e world

is real & must participate in it to be fulfilled

- reinforced idea of patriarchal society

(e, could have premaritial sex for men

- created footbinding to limit women

leg broken toes by the age of 5.

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emphasis on the scholarly, such as painting &

poetry, while neglecting the military

Buddhism began to spread more into china due to

warring and offering a form of spirituality that

confucianism lacked & people alterea Its beliefs to

fit their needs creating new oranches

mahayana Buddhism was the form that allowed

for more people to follow Elts ideas & was "less

a

seriet

Bodhisattvas were in dividuals who had rou loned

spiritual Perfection (nimana) & remained in

terrestrial (Earth) world to help other who

were struggling.

Theravada Buddhism was the form that more strict

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and harder for individuals to achieve hir vana.