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Developments in East Asia from c. 1200 to c. 1450

AP World History: Modern

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)

Portrait of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire

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)

The Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, near Beijing

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