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accomplishments of the song dynasty. the song dynasty began in 960 and ended in 1279. the founders of the song dynasty reunified china, that had been in political turmoil since the fall of the tang dynasty. the empire ended in 1279 as the result of the invasion mongol empire. known for. first government to use paper money. first ones to use gun powder. their known for art and technology. that art is what inspired the painters of today Chinese paintings. how they lost power. the frontier management policies of the chancellor. Wang ans-hi exacerbated hostile conditions. this conflict was fought to a mutual draw. it was there new naval strength developed to combat jurchen jin dynasty formed in the north. although the song dynasty was able to defeat further jurchen invasions the mongols led the Genghis khan. keylayers. emperor taizu he and his army destroyed the southern states. emperor taizong unified all of china for the sung rebuilt china. restoring lands to agricultural production. and setting the army to help rebuild the army infrastructure. wang ashi he was a prime minister he helped reform the lower class. by giving them land and the upper class didn't like that.

song women. war marked by political and legal reforms. there were four social reforms. the shis cholars. the nong peasant farmers the gong artisans and craftsmen and the shang merchants. tang status of women. women were accorded with more respect and power. women were even allowed to take religious orders and become priestesses. influence politics and arts and managing property. tang scoial class. attitude towards women was more liberal than was previous found. there was 8 different classes.

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