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Main events, facts and facts on the topic “India. China” in the tables

The states of China in the Middle Ages

Sui Dynasty

Construction of the Grand Canal;

An attempt to unite China.

Tang Dynasty

Administrative reform;

Insurrection of the peasants.

The Age of “Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms”

Song Dynasty

Unification of China;

1234 – the conquest of China by the Mongols

Yuan Dynasty

Accession of Tibet;

Expedition Marco Polo;

1368 – uprising against Mongol rule

Ming Dynasty

Conquesting campaigns

Administrative system of China

Culture of India and China in the Middle Ages

Branch of culture

India

China

Education, science, inventions

Schools for boys and girls in monasteries;

Home schooling;

Mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, history

Printing;

Libraries;

Newspaper “Stolichny Vestnik”;

Mathematics, astronomy, geography, history;

The invention of the compass and gunpowder;

Porcelain;

Higher schools for officials;

General Academy of Sciences;

Academy of Arts

Literature

Sanskrit;

Kalidasa, “Shakuntala”

Poets Lee Bo, Du Fu;

Historical novels “Three Reigns”, “River Creek”;

Chronicle

Architecture

Palaces;

Mausoleums;

Temples: Adjita, the minaret of Qutb-Minar;

Architectural complex in Elura

Cave monasteries;

Buddha statues, multilevel pagodas in honor of Buddhist saints

Art

Reliefs, sculptures, murals;

Music, dancing;

Theater of two types: the court for the nobility and the people’s theater of masks and dolls

Painting on paper, silk, wood, stone;

Landscape – “mountains and waters”;

Calligraphy is an art of beautiful writing;

High level of development of crafts – ceramics, carving on wood, stone, ivory, making of figurines, vases, plates, jewelry

Features of religion and philosophy of India and China in the Middle Ages

A country

Religion

Basic concepts

India

Brahmanism

Division of society into four varnas – brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, sudras;

Castes – higher and lower

Hinduism

The triad of the main gods is the “Trimurti” Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva;

The doctrine of samsara – the cycle of life and the transmigration of the soul to other bodies;

The doctrine of dharma; worship of holy places

Buddhism

He did not recognize the division of society into castes and varnas;

Observing the teachings of the Buddha is the way to overcome earthly suffering

China

Buddhism

In the VI. becomes the state religion

Taoism

Distributed among the common people;

Since VII century. a Taoist church organization is being created

Confucianism

The basis is a sense of humanity and duty

XI-XII century. – the expansion of Confucianism elements of Buddhism and Taoism

XIV century. – the emergence of “new Confucianism”

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