China and the World: East Asian Connections

Jessica Ellis

Golden Age of Chinese Achievement•China unified under the Sui Dynasty (589-619 C.E.)

•Bureaucracy and the Exam System

•Economic Revolution

•Printing Press

Women in the Song Dynasty•Tang Freedoms

•Song Patriarchy

•Foot binding

•Changing job opportunities

•Property Rights

China and the Northern Nomads•The Tribute System in Theory•“Middle Kingdom”

•The Tribute System in Practice•Protection “Gifts”

•Cultural Influence across a border

Coping With China•Korea

•Vietnam

•Japan

China and Buddhism•Making Buddhism Chinese

•Losing State Support