Southern and Northern Dynasties

Geography There were three climate zones which were, northern china, central china (Yanzi River)and southern china. Each climate zone measured different amounts of rain fall each year. Wheat and millet in the North and rice in The south. That is why each Region was known for different crops which helped develop the ritual foods that we know from China today. Dynasties and Government Chinese civilizations were divided into dynasties. A dynasty is a line…

Each individual dynasty has their own unique traits, but it is possible to relate the course of a dynasty’s life to a specific pattern. At its peak, the Former Han dynasty took up most of the Southern and Western parts of China. During this time, the dynasty was located just East of Lo-lang right along the Gobi desert to the just west of Kashia, and then the territory looped back around right west of Lanzhou, and then down merely south of Hanoi. The former Han dynasty existed from 206 B.C.E, to…

snow to our advantage and lay siege to some of their cities to claim them for the prince. Prince Serell talks of creating a new dynasty for Regno; we need to conquer the Western Kingdom to create a barrier between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms so they cannot aid each other. Once that is accomplished, I’m sure Prince Serell or Orius will want us to move into the Southern Kingdom and do the same.” The auburn-haired knight scratched at the nape of his neck anxiously. “But shouldn’t we stick to…

went through many dynasties as it grew and evolved, each adding to the rich and diverse culture of the Chinese. Some of these dynasties lasted hundreds of years, whereas some were brief in their control. The Yuan dynasty came to be in 1279 and lasted until 1368. The Yuan dynasty in China was brief however it was very impactful to the world we know today. The yuan dynasty officially began in 1279 when Kublai, a Mongol king, led the conquest of the Song in China. The Yuan dynasty was part of the…

Halperin shows that the majority of writers in Tang dynasty are eager to defend the Buddhist “faith”. He’s focusing on 7 representatives of Tang’s literati. They are Liang Su, Pai Chu-I, Tuan Ch’eng shih, Li Chao, Wei Kao, Ku K’uang and Liu Tsung-yuan. Halperin said, “Unlike all but a few Tang writers, Song…

Golden Horde and Chagatai Khanate Kublai Khan ruled the Yuan Dynasty and Hulagu Khan ruled the Ilkhanate. But there were two other kingdoms that existed inside the Mongol kingdom. The Golden horde and the Chagatai Khanate. Both were ruled by khan’s that were related to Genghis Khan. One was Batu Khan, the son of the first and eldest son of Genghis Khan. He ruled the Golden Horde. The Chagatai Khanate was ruled by Chagatai. As we begin, let’s start with the Golden Horde. Many wonder where this…

The Shang and Zhou dynasty coexisted and originated in China, around the Yellow / Huang He river in the Bronze era ( 1,700 bce ) and went on to exist for nearly 2,000 more years. Though these Dynasties weren’t in perfect peace and harmony with one another, they shared similar values and working methods in which made the two opposing dynasties very similar. Each pillar (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural, and economics) had it’s own way of showing through in it’s time…

“The Qianlong Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour Scroll Six” is a large painting with 15 separate scenes. Its accession number is 1988.350a-d. It was created by the Chinese artist Xu Yang in 1770 and is painted in ink and color on a very wide silk cloth. It is 27 1/8 in height or more than two feet high and 784 ½ inches in width, making it larger and enormous in width. Each scene resembles a large flat screen filling a whole wall. The locations are outside. Other scenes show lines of people, or…

Qin rulers managed to conquer all neighboring regions and states, but their dynasty was the shortest in Chinese history (221-206 BC.) The empire collapsed after only fifteen years. In only nine years, the Qin succeeded to conquer all regions that comprised the former Zhou Empire through successive wars that lasted between 230 and 231 BC. The Qin dynasty also managed to capture all distant areas toward the southern and northern sides. The society was immensely centralized, and any slight dissent…

Madras Presidency, officially styled as the Presidency of Fort Saint George, occupied the entire south of the Peninsula of India with its dependencies and the State of Mysore. It consisted of three classes of territory- a) the twenty-two British districts within the Presidency; b) the Agency Tracts of Ganjam, Vizagapatam, and Godavari, specially administered by Collector as agent of the Governor in Council; and c) five Native States in political dependence on the Madras government, namely,…