China and the World- Chapter 9

In this chapter, it focuses in China and their culture and achievements as years passed by. The collapsed of the Han dynasty signaled the rise of powerful and locally entrenched aristocratic families. During these centuries, the chinese migration began with a movement of people that gave southern China about sixty percent of the country's population. This migration the chinese made was followed along by their intensive agriculture, and an environmental transformation for the country, and elephants which inhabited the migrating lands. During the "Golden Age" of their achievement, the chinese regained their unity under the Sui dynasty. They not only regained a dynasty but also arts and literature, setting standards of poetry, painting and ceramics. This transformation in China helped the country in expanding more throughout societies. Economically they would rely on their Canal system which linked northern and southern China. Supplying the Chinese with food was possible because of their network of internal waterways which stretched about 30,000 miles. Not only food but these waterways also provided cheap transportation system throughout China which became very useful for the chinese people. The Chinese people had a large population which helped them with the growth of agriculture.
Throughout the chapter, the women were also brought  and how they were seen in their society because the Elite women in the Song dynasty were allowed to participate in social life, they had freedom than those women during the classical times. The religion chinese culture were based on is seen in the end of the chapter and their religion was Buddhism. The religion buddhism happend to enter China through their Silk Roads trading networks which is pretty logical. China is a country that achieved many aspects in each and every one of their societies during the centuries.