2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: Crash Course World History #7 In which John introduces you to quite a lot of Chinese history by discussing the complicated relationship between the Confucian scholars who wrote Chinese history and the emperors (and empress) who made it. Included is a brief introduction to all the dynasties in Chinese history and an introduction to Confucius and the Confucian emphasis on filial piety, the role the mandate of heaven played in organizing China, and how China became the first modern state. Kickstart our awesome graphics team's documentary: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sapiencefilm/sapience-the-search-for-wisdom Follow Crash Course on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thecrashcourse Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse The show's writer (and my high school history teacher) Raoul Meyer tweets awesome Crash Course World History quizzes: https://twitter.com/#!/raoulmeyer My twitter is http://www.twitter.com/realjohngreen and my tumblr is http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com

Subject: Social Studies > Ancient and Classical Civilizations, World History

Teacher: John Green

Created on 06/18/2012 by crashcourse

Topics covered

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• China
• Confucius
• Divine Intervention
• Dynasties
• Emperor
• Empress Dowager
• Empress Wu
• Filial Piety
• Great Wall
• Han Dynasty
• Heaven
• Hierarchical Relationships
• Junzi - Superior Man
• Mandate of Heaven
• Ming Dynasty
• Mongols
• Morality
• Qin Dynasty
• Qing Dynasty
• Rebellion
• Recording History
• Red Turban Rebellion
• Shang Dynasty
• Song Dynasty
• Sui Dynasty
• Tang Dynasty
• The Three Kingdoms Period
• War
• Warring States Period
• Wen of Han
• Yuan Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty