Look at the above picture. How are these customs similar?

China in the Middle Ages

Sui Dynasty 500s – 600s

Grand CanalWorld’s oldest & longest 1,114 mi.

http://www.tour-beijing.com/hangzhou_attractions/grand_canal.php

http://www.chinatour2u.com/images/Grand%20Canal1.jpg

Tang Dynasty 600s – 900sGolden AgeZen Buddhism – meditation

ConfucianismRice & tea

Sung Dynasty (900s – 1200s)

Wealthy classFoot binding – women of the house didn’t have to work – sign of wealth

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/wakingdream/interim-2007/1180454640/tpod.html

http://blog.asiahotels.com/strange-cultural-habits-in-china/footbinding/

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01257/foot.html

Mongols Mounted warriors – cavalry Genghis Khan “Universal Ruler”

Conquered Beijing Grandson Kublai Khan

Conquered the rest of China Grandson Batu

Invaded Russia & Europe Golden Horde

Marco Polo

Merchant & explorer@ 17 left Venice for ChinaTraveled around China for 17 yrs.

Japan

Japan

Archipelago – island chain

Kamikaze “Divine Wind” – typhoon that stopped Mongol invasion

http://hhh.gavilan.edu/mturetzky/Pols3/Lecture6TheJapanesePoliticalSystem.htm

Shinto

Only found in Japan“Way of the kami” – nature

spiritsNo scripture or doctrinePrayers & rituals to please

“kami”Existed alongside Zen

Buddhism

Torii – Shinto shrine

http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g298561-d306478-Granvia_Hiroshima_Hotel-Hiroshima_Hiroshima_Prefecture_Chugoku.html

Japan’s Feudal System

EmperorShogun – general controlled

military, $, & lawsDaimyo – local lordsSamurai – warriors hired by

lords for protectionPeasants

Bushido

Code of the samurai “way of the warrior”

Bravery, loyalty, honorSeppuku or “hara-kiri”–

ceremonial suicide to avoid dishonor

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00716/thesamurai.html