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-Ming dynasty declined after 300 years in power
-to the north east of China was a region called Manchuria, the people that lived there were known as the Manchus
- in the year 1644 the Manchus took advantage of the ming weaknesses and conqured all of china
- they started the Qing dynasty
-like the ming rulers they also allowed some trade, but in general they limited forgien contacts and tried to restict forgien influence in China
- the Qing dynasty,China's last,endured until 1911

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- the mongols were fierce nomadic warriors who lived in the cast plains to the northwest of china
- in the 1200's they invaded China and was able to conquer it
- someone named Genghis Khan organized the mongol warriors into a mighty fighting force and began a compaign of conquest
-by 1221 the mongols had conquered all of central Asia
- after Genghis died in the year 1227, his son, ogadai   took power.
-later on someone named Kublai Khan, Genghis grandson took power in 1260
- Kublai Khan was the first ruler in over 300 years to once again conquered all of china
- during his rule, something that was once known as the mongol control was then known as the mongol ascendancy, also during that time the mongols had a history that had s man named Marco polo
- later on during the death of Kublai Khan in 1294, to the new ruler, Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the mongol emperor

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-In A.D. 1000, the Chinese started planting anew type of ricefrom southern Asia
-Rice ripened faster than the type they used before
- whit the new rice they could raise two or even three crops a year instead if one
-The food supply expanded rapidly allowing the population to grow to about 100 million
-Chang Jiang valley in productive rice parties or fields

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We- some of the technology that china made was,the wooden block printing
- later on after they made the wood block printing the printers had made movable typeing
-tbe Chinese used paper and printing to make the first printed books
- Chinese technology shaped history in China and the west in many different ways
- the Chinese invented gun powder, which they used for fireworks
- later gunpowder changed warfare by making deadly new weapons possible
-the Chinese made the first magnetic compass, which spread to Europe

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-People had to take an exam for many jobs in bureaucracy
-Han and Sui dynasties had also given exams for job seekers
-But Tang rulers greatly expanded the system
- the state exam also tested knowledge and confusianideas,poetry,and other subjects
- the test was difficult and most people who took it would fail
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-In this time the Chinese lived in little villages
-the tang government was like a pyrimad
-in some of the governments they had something called a bureaucracy
-a bureaucracy means as government that is divided in to departments
-in ever government there is someone called a scholar official
-a scholar official is a person that is very educated and that has a position in the government
- according to the pyramid, at the top if starts as an emperor and then goes down from them

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-Tang and Song built waterways  and roads
-It helped time Chinese empire together
-It improves better transportation and trade
- they use the new roads to move grain,tea,and other goods

-along the roads there was inns in which travelers could stay
- mounted messengers carried government mail  on the road
-It improved communication

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The first dynasty was known as the Han dynasty
-the Han dynasty was founded in 206 bc, this was the period that had the most progress and prosperity for china
The sui dynasty
-so one named yang Jian founded the sui dynasty
-in 581 he took power killing the heir to the zhou throne or further known as his grandson
-by 589he had conquered the south and reunified China.
-then he declared him self first emperor of the sui dynasty
The Tang Dynasty
-the Tang Dynasty started in 618 and ruled for almost 300 years
-Taizong seized the throne in 626,after killing his two brothers and all ten of his brother’s sons
-in 690 wu zhao declared herself emperor,she was the only women to occupy the throne in china
The Song Dynasty
-the Song Dynasty expanded and improved the exam system, by expanding the empire she was able to sat up more schools and changed the exam system

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-is a belief system based on the the ideas of Confucius.
Confucius emphasized these principles
-use right relationships to produce social orders
-respect family and older generations
-educate individuals and society
-act in morally correct ways

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-The Tang created a new law code
-The law code listed all of China so that the same laws would be used everywhere
-China used the law code from the year 624 all the way to about the 1200’s
-bureaucracy means a government that is divided into departments
-local governments throughout China had to report to the central bureaucracy and that is when the emperor of China made the decision of making a knee law code