chapter 11 the growth and spread of asian culture before and after the mongol conquest 300-1300
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CHAPTER 11 THE GROWTH AND SPREAD OF
ASIAN CULTURE BEFORE AND AFTER THE
MONGOL CONQUEST 300-1300
India’s Politics and Culture Gupta Art and Literature Gupta Scholarship and Science New Political Configurations Muslims in India
Chinese Continuity Before the Tang Dynasty Political Developments Under the
Rising Tang Dynasty, 618-756 Tang Economic and Social Changes Tang Culture
Chinese Continuity: Tang Decline Political Developments During the
Song Era, 960-1279 Song Economic and Social
Conditions Song Philosophy, Literature and Art
Korea: Three Kingdoms to One
Emergence of Japan in East Asia Geographical, Ethnic, and Historical
Backgrounds The Taika Reforms: Monarchy with
Bureaucracy A Time of Splendor: The Heian
Politics of Consorts and Samurai, 794-1185
The Kamakura Shogunate
The Mongol Impact Nomads of Central Asia Formation of the Mongol Empire The Mongol Imperial Structure China Under the Mongols Pax Mongolica: Relinking East and
West The Mongol Legacy
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND The Gupta Empire in India with its
remarkable science, literature, and influence on other parts of Asia.
The Muslim invasions of India that led to the powerful Delhi Sultanate, which was destroyed by Tamerlane.
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND The T'ang and Sung dynasties with
their effective governments, skilled poets and artists, and religious philosophers.
The Mongol Empire whose military might imposed a Pax Mongolica through Asia from China to the Danube River.
YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND The buildup of a Japanese imperial
state out of a competing group of clans, the decline of that form of government, and the emergence of a new structure embodied in the Kamakura Shogunate.