China’s Web of Prosperity

Canals

• Importance of Canals?• What do you need to build Canal?

Canals

• Importance of Canals?• What do you need to build Canal?• Uses of Canals?

Expansion of Trade

• Facilitating Trade– Canals– Conquests– Junks

• International Trade

Domestic Markets

• Market Economy and Specialization

Domestic Markets

• Market Economy and Specialization• Deposit Shops• Flying Money• Paper Money

Domestic Markets

• Market Economy and Specialization• Deposit Shops• Flying Money• Paper Money• “Output increased, population grew, skills multiplied, and a

burst of inventiveness made Song china far wealthier than ever before—or than any of its contemporaries.”

Urbanization

• Market EconFlourishing of Cities

Urbanization

• Qingming Scroll– Interpretations– http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/urban/new.ht

m– http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/orientation/flash_

4/index.html– Who’s missing?

Urbanization

• Qingming Scroll– Interpretations– http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/urban/new.ht

m– http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh96/orientation/flash_4

/index.html– Who’s missing?

• Women• Suffering People• Soldiers

– Idealized Cityscape

Agriculture

• State Support– Settle new areas– Milit garrisons– Irrigation projects– Land redistribution

• Technology– Vietnamese Rice– Wheelbarrows– Manure

• Population Growth

Innovations and Technology

• Abacus

Innovations and Technology

• Abacus• Printing– Paper– Block Printing

Innovations and Technology

• Abacus• Printing– Paper– Block Printing– Movable Type?

Innovations and Technology

• Abacus• Printing– Paper– Block Printing– Movable Type?– Results?

Innovations and Technology

• Abacus• Printing• Gunpowder– Fireworks– Advantages?– Vs. Nomads

Concept Map

Concept Map Activity

• Go to https://bubbl.us• You must have bubbles for

• Canals• International Trade• Domestic Market Economy• Military Expansion• Paper Money• Urbanization• Block Printing• Magnetic Compass• Agriculture

• You must have line labels• You must include at least three other bubbles that AREN’T on the above list

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Persia Mythology Buddhism Decline Clan Trade

Pharoah Hebrew Dharma Christianity Turkey Grain

Irrigation Genesis Religion Persecution Silk Road Agriculture

Canal Noah Hinduism Century Sacred Phalanx

Political Mayans Republic Pagan Confucianism Masculinity

Economic Nomads Emperor Conversion Daoism Tolerance

Cultural Colonization Carthage Monotheism Yin & Yang Coins

Bureaucracy Achilles General Muhammad Government Athens

Aristocracy Homer Depopulation Caliph Feudalism Mandate of Heaven

Peasant Athens Barbarian Quran Dynasty ArchitectureFlood Democracy Senate Desert Pillar Pottery

Philosophy Slave Constantine Sufi Gender Ritual