- Tang accomplishments:
- When and Where:
618 AD- 907 AD
Stretched from the Tarim Basin to the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia south to Vietnam - Key People:
- Emperor Gaozu:
established the dynasty - Li Yuan:
United China and adopted Buddhism - Wan Wei:
poet and painter that introduced pure landscape, a style of painting for China - Before and after them:
Came after the Sui Dynasty ended in chaos due to tyranny of Emperor Yang
Li Yuan started an army in Taiyuan and captured the capital Chang'an and put Yang You as Emperor Gong - In 618 Yang You was killed and Li Yuan named himseelf Emperor and named the state Tang
- An Shi rebellion in 755 was a bulit up army that lasted for 8 years and overthrew Tang
- After it was overthrown in 907
- Known for and Major accomplishments:
most influential empire of China's civilization
Became center of trade in the east
study medicine was big; discovered diabetes and the source
study of Law and Math
Characterized by strength
Created gunpowder
Golden age of art, music, and literature
Strong foundation - High archy:
- Tang:
proceeded by the Sui Dynasty
founded by the Li family who seized control
The Tang dynasty, which had at one time, the most popular city in the world is regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization.
was a monarchy
the 7th and half of the 8th century is considered the Zenith era of the Tang Dynasty
Emperor Xuanzong brought the middle kingdom to its golden age while the silk road thrived - Shang:
founded around 1600 BC by Cheng Teng
monarchy governed by a series of kings
30 kings over 600 years
King was served by officials who held specialized positions of authority
Officials belong to a hereditary class of aristocrats
King had supreme power over everything
Political and religious leader
King directed life and work to peasants and serfs
most powerful to least are
1. Kings
2. Nobles
3. Warriors
4. peasants
Shang woman:
women were to be gentle calm and respectful
Their main purpose was to obey and serve their husbands father and sons
Women were lower than men in social standing
Men married multiple women
Didn't have any rights
were treated with less respect than the average person in the empire
were expected to get married and raise a family
Spinning and weaving were their activities
Peasant women would care for the livestock and tend to the fields
Upper class women could enjoy riding horses, play games such as polo, and sometimes hunting - Compare Tang Shang:
both monarchic governments
women's social status was considered less then mans
King was the ruler
motherhood was main role of women
dependent on trade
122112
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