Founded the CCP, becomes the first leader of the People's Republic of China

The CCP vs the Nationalist... Japanese won?

the program where the government allowed people to criticize them, then killed everyone who did

united northern and southern regions in China

China allowed certain merchants to trade only in one city

The leader of the Mongols and his grandson (the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty)

Fight over Korea (most important tributary state)

Europeans did not have to follow Chinese laws, so they could do whatever they wanted and not get punished

all property is publicly owned, shared resources, each person is paid based on their own needs and abilities

gives women more rights and treatment (marriage reform, education, etc.)
Bonus: who thought women were whack?

leader of the nationalist party, China's first provincial president, wanted a constitutional monarchy, simplified writing, emancipated women

One country wanted to imperialize the other, angered the Western nations, was the start of WWII

China's attempt to quickly modernize, completely backfired

China's golden age, population boom, stable and ordered society, civil service exam, equal-field system, and foot binding all in place

steppe hoards, took over Ming and became Qing Dynasty

Muslim Eunuch, led 7 major maritime expeditions, expansion of knowledge for Ming China, brought back tributary states and animals

The government killed students protesting, another name for the Tiananmen Square incident

families would receive land based on how much land they could work, how big your family was, or how many oxen you had

barbarian rule, Silk Road formed, Black Death, got rid of the Civil Service Exam, Marco Polo visits, fell because of natural disasters = they lost the mandate of heaven

national defense, science and tech, agriculture, and industry

very authoritarian, nationalist, second leader after Sun Yat-sen, formed alliance with CCP

peasants wanted to get rid of all the foreign elements in China, attacks on Christians, needed foreign aid to stop fighting

a group takes over the government and immediately switches to communism vs slowly making changes to transition to communism in a couple of years

banditry, the population quickly rising, agriculture slowly rising = people hungry, rebellions, loss of tributary states

after Mongol rule emperors are conservative and xenophobic, protect Chinese culture, banned all outside trade (unofficial trade with SE Asia), Great Wall built