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When and where?

Key people

Song Taizu

  • founded the Norther Song Dynasty
  • Ruled 960-976
  • Leanred martal arts
  • Took over local military power and assigned citizens to be local officials

Song Taizong

  • Bro of ^^
  • Ruled 976-997
  • Order Li Fang to make an encylclopedia
  • He read 3 volumes a day
  • Read the whole thing in a year

Song Gaozong

  • Founded the Southern Song Dynasty
  • Began when the North Dynasty ended
  • Jurchens attacked the NSD and captured the capital
  • He ruled in 1127-1162
  • Excellent in calligraphy

5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms

  • Major Dyansty before the Song
  • Later Liang
  • Later Tang
  • Later Jin
  • Later Han
  • Later Zhou
  • 10 kingdoms
  • Wu, Wuyue, Min, Chu, Souther Han, Former Shu, Later Shu, Jingan, Southern Tang, Norther Han
  • Being torn apart by warfare
  • Eventually Quyue and Qingyan gave their land up to Northern SOng

Yuan

  • Major dynasty after Song
  • Kublai Khan led his army and captured the SSD
  • Unified China
  • End of Song

What theyre known for

  • Population explosion began in the Song Dynasty
  • Women started binding their feet during the Song Dynasty
  • Rice and Tea became the dominant food during this dynasty
  • Song Dynasty progressed fast in science and technology
  • Invented gunpowder and gunpowder weapons
  • Had acvanced industrialization

WOMENS RIGHtS IN THE SONG

  • lower than men
  • many Well educated
  • Gained more rights when they married

Establishment

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