Chapter 8 (China and the World)

China did not let itself fall like the Roman Empire did, instead they were able to get their unity back under a new dynasty, the Sui dynasty. They created that unity with a bunch of canals that stretched about a thousand miles. They connected the top and bottom parts of China. China becomes the  country that is the most urbanized in the world. This country was big on iron works. They supplied many of the things that were made out of metal. Coal was big in China as well. It provided the country with energy to heat their homes and be able to cook. The down side to the coal was that it was bad for the environment. During the "golden age" the women of this time were not treated very ideally. These women were not respected, except those of the elite class. Because of the confuscianism ideas coming back, women during the time were thought of as very less after being treated very well before confucinism came back. This created a separation of men and women in all things in life. It made the men have more power of the women. The text uses the word subordination to describe this action. Foot binding for women was a big thing especially with the elites. It made the bones i the feet of young girls break just to be accepted as beautiful. They thought, the smaller the foot the more beautiful someone is. Women accepted this because this is what they were too was right and perfectly fine to do no matter how painful it was. Japan used to basically look up to China. They were trying to develop off of China's civilization. China had a big impact in Eurasia because of its economic growth. India gifted China with their religion of Buddhism. Because China was into Buddhism it expanded into other areas like Korea and japan. The way that Buddhism came into China was through the Silk road.

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