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Chinese Inventions (for Song & Ming)
China: Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty -Britannica School (login required)
– info about founding start of empire, expansion, decline of Song & end of the empire & culture
Song Dynasty – World History in Context
Invention – World Book (login required)
– info about standardizing use of paper money
– info about handheld gun, movable paper
– government civil exams, fall of power
Map of Song Empire
Map of extent of Song Empire – World History in Context (login required)
Map of Song Dynasty
Map of Northern Song in 1100
Map showing both Northern and Southern Song
Song Inventions
Song Dynasty– Northern & Southern Song, history, invention & technology, culture
Song Dynasty – YouTube video (6:20 mins)
– overview of the dynasty (rise, decline, inventions, achievements)
– clicked on the “settings” icon to reduce the play back speed to .75
Sung literature – Britannica School (login required)
Key Points across East Asia – by Era 1000=1450 CE – includes Song & Ming Dynasties
India: Mughal Empire
Mughal Empire – World Book Student (login required) – includes map & overview of empire
Mughal Empire – Britannica School (login required)
Mughal Empire – Britannica School (login required)
Mughal Empire – World History in Context (login required)
Monuments built during Shah Jahan’s time – YouTube video (2:31 mins)
DK History: Who were the Mughals
Map of Mughal Empire (login required)
The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course (11:44 minutes video)
China: Ming Dynasty
Zheng He – Britannica School (login required) – sea voyages
Chinese Dynasties – Britannica School (login required) – scroll down to “Ming Dynasty”
Ming Dynasty – Britannica School (login required)
Ming Dynasty – an overview
Ming Dynasty – World Book Student (login required)
Ming Dynasty – World History in Context (login required)
Ming Dynasty: China Dynasties Guide
Haida
Haida – Britannica School
Haida – Canadian Encyclopedia
Haida – encyclopedia.com
Haida – knowbc.com (login same as Library’s Online Databases – see login info by the library computers)
Haida Religious Traditions – Encyclopedia of Religion
The Haida – Canadian Museum of History
Northwest Coast People – Canada’s First Peoples
Social Organization – Canadian Museum of History
The Story of the Haida – 6:31 minute video
Warfare – Canadian Museum of History
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire – World Book Student (login required) – introduction, ways of life & history
Ottoman Empire – World History in Context (login required)
Ottoman Empire – Britannica School (login required)
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire: map at its greatest extent (login required)
Japan: Shogunate Period
Japan: History – World Book Encyclopedia (login required) – scroll down to “Rise of the Shogun”
Shogun – World Book Encyclopedia Student (login required)
Shogunate – Britannica School (login required)
The Shogunate: History of Japan – 6:18 video by Dragon Historian
Life Under the Shoguns – National Library of Australia
Mali Kingdom
The Art of Ancient Mali – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Empire of Mali – BBC
The Empires of the Western Sudan: Mali Empire – Metropolitan Museum
Mali Empire – Britannica School
Mali Empire – National Geographic
West African Kingdoms – BBC
Tokugawa Shogunate – Khan Academy