600-1450+-+East+Asia+-+Theme+3

**Theme #3 - State building, Expansion and Conflict**
__**Political Structures and forms of government:**__ __**Nations and Nationalism:**__
 * 1) Yang Jian went on military companies and put China under centralized imperial rule
 * 2) Mandate of Heaven, and tight discipline (Sui dynasty)
 * 3) Nicer emperor, not so strict on taxes (Tang dynasty)
 * 4) Buearacy for military, and performed civil service examinations (Song dynasty)5T
 * __Empires:__**
 * 1) Sui dynasty
 * 2) Tang dynasty
 * 3) Song dynasty
 * 4) Ming Dynasty (1368) after fall of Mongol Yuan dynasty

__**Revolts and Revolutions:**__ __**Regional, Transregional and Global structures:**__
 * 1) Korea rebelled when Sui Yangdi wanted more resources.
 * 2) Sui Yangdi was assassinated and ended the Sui dynasty
 * Chinese Influence Surrounding
 * Countries include
 * Korea
 * Japan
 * Vietnam
 * Buddhism