HEI in China; Foundations Era
*Yellow River (Huang He)
Culture in China; Foundations Era
- oracle bones
- polytheism
- sacrifice
Politics in China; Foundations Era
- feudal Shang dynasty
* Zhou dynasty - Mandate of Heaven; Tian
Economics in China; Foundations Era
- rice
* agriculture
Social Structures in China; Foundations Era
*classes and patriarchy emerge
HEI in China; Classical Era
- Yellow River (Huang He)
- impacts of city-building and agriculture
- appearance of smallpox and bubonic plague
Culture in China; Classical Era
- ancestor veneration
- Confucianism - Kong Fuzi; Analects
- Daoism - Laozi
- Mandarin Chinese
- pagodas, Great Wall
- junk (boat)
- Legalism
Politics in China; Classical Era
- Qin dynasty (Qin Shihuangdi)
- Han dynasty (mandate of heaven)
- frontier nomads (Xiongnu)
- bureaucracy
- tributary system
Economics in China; Classical Era
- Silk Road
- Indian Ocean trade
- standard currencies, weights, measures
Social Structures in China; Classical Era
- cities (Chang’an)
- class diversification
- patriarchy (Confucianism)
HEI in China; Post-Classical Era
- Champa rice
* black death
Culture in China; Post-Classical Era
- Neo-Confucianism
- diffusion of Buddhism
- gunpowder
- Zen Buddhism
- woodblock printing
- compass
- Forbidden City
Politics in China; Post-Classical Era
- Sui and Tang dynasties
- Chang’an
- mandate of heaven
- Song dynasty
- Yuan (Mongol) dynasty
- Ming dynasty
Economics in China; Post-Classical Era
- nomadic pastoralism in the steppe zone
- Grand Canal
- regional trade
- Silk Roads
- Indian Ocean trade
- silk, iron, steel, porcelain industries
Social Structures in China; Post-Classical Era
- merchant diasporas
* foot binding (patriarchy)
HEI in China; Age of Exploration
*arrival of corn/maize, potatoes, chili peppers via Columbian Exchange
Culture in China; Age of Exploration
- porcelain
- Journey to the West
- Summer Palace
Politics in China; Age of Exploration
- European arrival
- Ming dynasty
- Qing dynasty
- mandate of heaven
Economics in China; Age of Exploration
- decline of Silk Road
- appearance of European traders
- porcelain and tea
Social Structures in China; Age of Exploration
- peasant labor (silk)
- Li Zicheng’s peasant revolt
- Neo-Confuciansim = patriarchy
HEI in China; Age of Industrialization
- resource extraction (tea, silk, cotton)
* species extinction and endangerment (otters)
Culture in China; Age of Industrialization
- Dream of the Red Chamber
* Christian missionaries
Politics in China; Age of Industrialization
- Qing dynasty
- Opium Wars and unequal treaties
- Self-Strengthening Movement
- Taiping Rebellion and Boxer Rebellion
Economics in China; Age of Industrialization
- economic imperialism by Western powers
- state-sponsored, limited industrialization
- transnational company (Hong Kong)
