Song Dynasty China (960-1279)
Agricultural revolution
Economic and technological innovation
Government and the civil service examination
Neo-Confucianism
- •
- •
- •
- •
Song Dynasty social structure
The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
Caption: A 14th-century portrait of Genghis Khan from a Yuan Dynasty album. This painting from the National Palace Museum in Taipei is one of the most recognized depictions of the Mongol conqueror.
Mongol governance strategies
- •
- •
- •
- •
Economic impacts
Fall of the Yuan
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Hongwu and the restoration of Chinese rule
- •
- •
- •
- •
- •
Zheng He's voyages (1405-1433)
Caption: The Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. While sections date to the Qin Dynasty (221 BCE), the Ming Dynasty extensively rebuilt and expanded the wall in the 14th-17th centuries to defend against Mongol raids.
The Great Wall and northern defense
Japan: feudalism and the shogunate
The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333)
- •
- •
- •
Cultural developments
- •
- •
- •
The Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573)
Korea: the Confucian model
The Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392)
The Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)
Comparing Korean and Japanese adaptation
Connections across East Asia
Vocabulary
Unit 1 topics
Unit 1 overview1.1Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 14501.2Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 14501.3Developments in South and Southeast Asia from c. 1200 to c. 14501.4Developments in the Americas from c. 1200 to c. 14501.5Developments in Africa from c. 1200 to c. 14501.6Developments in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 14501.7Comparison in the Period from c. 1200 to c. 1450