Post-Classical China and Mongols

a time of relative peace and prosperity with achievements in the arts, science, medicine, etc...

• Middle Ages
• Industrial Revolution
• Golden Age

• Renaissance

system of government where government positions are given to the most qualified, not just the nobles and the rich

• Meritocracy
• Aristocracy
• Plutocracy
• Oligarchy

belief that one's people are better than all others

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• ethnocentrism
• multiculturalism

test given to people seeking government positions; the person with the highest score earns the position

• Civil Service Exam

• Interview
• Mandate of Heaven

• Aristocracy

pattern of a ruling family losing power due to corruption, peasant revolts, or natural disaster, then a new family gains power and begins to rule

• Rotation of Rulers
• Circle of Monarchs
• Dynasty Loop
• Dynastic Cycle

system of government where nobles rule

• aristocracy
• democracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy

revival of Confucian values during the Tang Dynasty

• aristocracy

• neo-confucianism

• dynastic cycle

• meritocracy

belief that gods choose a particular family to rule

• Mandate of Heaven

• aristocracy

• neo-confucianism

• meritocracy

the upper middle class; just below the nobles

• aristocracy

• monarchy

• gentry

• meritocracy

sharing of ideas and beliefs between different groups, especially through trade

• ethnocentrism

• nomads

• gentry

• cultural diffusion