Pre Tang Dynasty
- Construcked the Grand Canal
- Was the longest canal in the world
- Li family became powerful
- Li Shimin killed his brothers so get power as emperor
- Famous and long lived
- Middle Tang Dynasty
- There was war
- Famine
- External attacks
- Tang dynasty
- Founded by the Li family
- Capital was Chang’an
- Developed a new study – medicine
- Waterproof cream
Key players
- Li Yuan
- Founder
- Wu Daozi
- Greatest painter
- Li shimin
- Was one of the emperors
- Execellent politician
- Wu Zetian
- Lost power
- The rise of Eunuchs
- Men that have been castrated
- The rules that kept them from reaching high offices were abolished
- The rise of Eunuchs
- Separaist regions , called Fanzhem
- Farmland and laborer
- Small kingdoms and in of themselves
- Conflict in the ruling class
- People if wealthy lineage and commoners who had worked their way up
- Peasant uprising
- The biggest one was the Huang Chao uprising
- The gov imposed many taxes
Womens rights
- Women were in the lower class then men
- There was a lot of well educated girls
- They educated their sons
- Some wrote poems and stories
- Most were maids and servants
Song Dynasty
- When they got married they got new legal rights
Song dynasty social class
- Wealthy landowners
- Scholar
- Merchants and artisan
- Soldiers and peasants
- Slaves
Tang
- They traded livestock and women in Turkes
- The most common women weren’t treated well
- Cooked and cleaned
Higher up women
- Called courtesans
- Weren’t afraid to critize men
Social classes of the Tang
Weapons of the song
- Knife chariot
- Rammer
- Scaling ladder
- Fire arrow
- Fireball
- Watchtower
Gunpowder
- For warfare
- Led to cannons, rockets, bombs, mines
- These help them hold off the Mongols
Tang weapons
- Pike
- Sword
- Bows and arrows
- Grenades
- Throwing dagger
Amor
- Plates of iron with sharp edges
- Thick pieces of iron
Tactics
- Song
- When face to face they attack where they at least expect it
- Tang
- Creates something from nothing – Feint
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