Jose Betancourt
World History 1
Dr Andrews
11/02/12
China
and The World
The
period of time for chapter nine and china and the world is from the year 500 to
1300. During this time china was a “powerful civilization”(241). The way in
which the Chinese were unified by their emperor was through the system of the
canals. (242). In that one can see that the canals was not the only way to have
an economical stable state but to stretch the borders of china and work for the
betterment of the society and the looking to prosperity as an important ideal
for the peoples. For the first centuries after the fall of the Han dynasty (220
C.E), the Chinese civilization seemed to have some sort of unity. “But the ruthlessness
of Sui emperors and a futile military campaign to conquer Korea exhausted the
states resources, alienated many people, and prompted the overthrow of the
dynasty”(243). Although the dynasty was overthrown, china did not sufferer any disintegration.
After the Sui dynasty the Tang (618-907), and the song (960-1279) were two
dynasties that kept unity amongst the peoples, amongst the governments and
within the political world.
The
economy and unity of china happened though the help of people, but most importantly
through the help of the canal system. “ Supplying these cities with food was
made possible by an immense network of internal waterways-canals, rivers, and
lakes-stretching perhaps 30,000 miles”(245). In that case one can clearly see
that water was an important way of contributing to the civilization in china
but the system of unity was what reinforced this great economy they had and the
great nation they still are in modern times.
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