Monday, June 16, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA CAUSE YAHOO FUCKED UP POST
CHINA- name chin supposedly(doubtfully) to be derived from the dynasty Thsin, which united the provinces.
name sin/chin/sinoe. china, in ancient time SERES, in middle ages CATHAY,(kitai). 1st known in europ in 13th C. during Jengiz and his conquests. blah blah blah explorers-1215-1217 John de Plano Carpini + 1253 william Rubruk. both friars-paper money, an alphabet-write with pencils(asian script) 1st ACTUAL visits made by Marco Polo, who wrote book. 14th + 15th C. commercial intercourse started around 1310-1320.
also persian explorer Ibn Batuta 1347-1348 around the time jengiz dynasty crumbling.
OY. 10 pages history. NO NOTES unless something GOOD! blah blah blah. confucious born 551bc-475bc.
MUCH BLAH.....650 a.d. WOO HOW, wife of Kaou-tsung, had supreme influence over her husband the emperor. after his death in 683. pushed his successor aside + took power + governed well. her discretion -her armies defeated the tibetans, re-established imperial government in the west. also victorious on the east. + against Khitan on NE. died in 705. Chung-Tsun her son + heir was poisoned by his wife who wanted power like W(empress WU) + and set her son on throne.(710). only 3 year reign.
-ouigours mentioned.
Jenghiz khan-"that they should take who have the power, and they should keep who can"
son ogdai, after he died of kublai. 4th son of Too ?e, bro ogdan who was just as warlike as ghengis. kublai very illustrious + powerful.
in 1280 he assumed complete control over china. during this reign, marco polo went to china. his rule munificent + discretion, under the mongol emperor. chinese uneasy. public works. literature. cared for the poor, yet cared little when he died in 1294.
1368 MING("bright")
TARTARS in 1542 + last of the mings-drowned himself as tartars invaded-Manchoo Dynasty.
1840 Opium wars. much on their script.
CHINA- name chin supposedly(doubtfully) to be derived from the dynasty Thsin, which united the provinces.
name sin/chin/sinoe. china, in ancient time SERES, in middle ages CATHAY,(kitai). 1st known in europ in 13th C. during Jengiz and his conquests. blah blah blah explorers-1215-1217 John de Plano Carpini + 1253 william Rubruk. both friars-paper money, an alphabet-write with pencils(asian script) 1st ACTUAL visits made by Marco Polo, who wrote book. 14th + 15th C. commercial intercourse started around 1310-1320.
also persian explorer Ibn Batuta 1347-1348 around the time jengiz dynasty crumbling.
OY. 10 pages history. NO NOTES unless something GOOD! blah blah blah. confucious born 551bc-475bc.
MUCH BLAH.....650 a.d. WOO HOW, wife of Kaou-tsung, had supreme influence over her husband the emperor. after his death in 683. pushed his successor aside + took power + governed well. her discretion -her armies defeated the tibetans, re-established imperial government in the west. also victorious on the east. + against Khitan on NE. died in 705. Chung-Tsun her son + heir was poisoned by his wife who wanted power like W(empress WU) + and set her son on throne.(710). only 3 year reign.
-ouigours mentioned.
Jenghiz khan-"that they should take who have the power, and they should keep who can"
son ogdai, after he died of kublai. 4th son of Too ?e, bro ogdan who was just as warlike as ghengis. kublai very illustrious + powerful.
in 1280 he assumed complete control over china. during this reign, marco polo went to china. his rule munificent + discretion, under the mongol emperor. chinese uneasy. public works. literature. cared for the poor, yet cared little when he died in 1294.
1368 MING("bright")
TARTARS in 1542 + last of the mings-drowned himself as tartars invaded-Manchoo Dynasty.
1840 Opium wars. much on their script.
