Amanda Leone

It was invented in the Zhou Dynasty. Mandate decides who could be the new ruler tied to a dynastic cycle. Power goes to who deserves it

Confucius taught love, honesty, literature, learning, and Filial Piety. All leaders should be educated. Only merit can chose the ruler

It was about strict rule and punishment. The law code must be written and made public. Laws reward obeyers, and punish rule breakers.

Sun Tzu once said that the art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is the Chinese war generals painting pictures of their crops.

When the ming d. decided china could trade with others, caused columbus to travel to find america.

In han dynasty, a test which happens every 3 yrs, helped you get into government. Local, provincial, metropolitan, and Palace.

This was the palace where the emperor lived. The rooftops were yellow, which was the color of the Chinese Emperor. base is of odd numbers.

first chinese emperor. he killed those who disobeyed him or his ideas. he burned all books.

a silk road explorer, one of first to leave chinese borers. He unlocked trading places,

Marco Polo and his father traveled to China from Europe. Koublai Kahn liked Marco, and had him stay. Had many government jobs. 20 yr stay

She was the only female empress. She was well educated. People didn’t bind their feet in her time, and Buddhism came back.

He was a cruel ruler who killed people who disobeyed him. He led the Mongols into China, and took over.

Genghis Kahn’s grandson continued doing exactly what Genghis did. When he was ruler, the Yuan Dynasty died down, was 1 cause for his death

He had the privilege to travel because he was neutered. He traveled everywhere in Asia, and went to Mecca because it was the holy land

He decided China needed to expand. he held a military base. known as Cheng Zu of ming,

They were led by Genghis, and invaded many places, and ruled China for a while. The empire grew rapidly, and they invaded places everywhere

They were people of northeastern china. They were always interested in western things, including clothes, food, etc.

wrote a letter to england saying no more opium. He wrecked opium ships.