Describe+political+systems+and+cultural+patterns

East Asia  The Americas
 * 3 powerful dynasties:
 * T'ang (618-907 C.E.)
 * Song (960-1279 C.E.)
 * Ming (13681644 C.E.)
 * influence throughout east and southeast Asia
 * Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia
 * **T'ang Dynasty **
 * Under Emperor Xuanzong
 * Expanded to Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, and Korea
 * 907, empire became too big --> local warlords gained more power --> T'ang dynasty collapsed
 * period of era of restlessness followed
 * **Song Dynasty **
 * After collapse of T'ang, China reunited under Song
 * Emperor Taizu
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">fell to Jurchen and Mongols
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">1227, Mongol established the //<span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Yuan Dynasty. //
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">1368, Mongol driven back from China and **<span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Ming Dynasty **<span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);"> was established
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">power of the dynasties based on trade and expansion --> developed an urban base to pursue their economic and political strategies.
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Tang: based on military garrisons along the cental Asian trade routes and their capital at Chang'an (today Xi'an)
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Silk Road
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">this city was the center of the tribute system
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Vietnam, Korea, Tibet, and other Asian tribes acknowledged the supremacy of the Chinese emperor and send ambassadors to this city with gifts
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Chinese influence on Japan
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Prince Shotoku --> bureaucratic and legal reforms --> Taika Reforms (645 C.E.)
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">in 19th century when Japan build its new capital it was based on Chinese Tang capital --> "Little China"
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Japanese rejected Confucianism and civil service exam...Why? both systems held the educated in high esteem, and in Japan, education wasn't as important as in China because noble classes were hereditary and not earned.
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Chinese influence on Vietnam
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">military campaigns --> cultural exchange
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">less willing to accept the tribute relationship with the post power neighbor China -->resisted Tang armies
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">later, tribute established
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Confucian education accepted
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">trade ^
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">after the fall of Tang, the Veits would maintain their independence from China
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">Chinese influence on Korea
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">military campaigns --> cultural exchange
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">vassal state of Tang...Why? to maintain the appearance of warm relationship with the most powerful neighbors
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">gift-giving and exchanges --> imperial court and schools like in China
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">bureaucracy based on merit
 * <span style="color: rgb(23, 102, 181);">spread of Confucianism and Buddhism
 * **Peak and decline of the Maya**