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[4th Jessica]

Achomplishments of the Song Dynasty• When and Whereo Ruled from 960-1279o Succeeded the five dynasties and ten kingdoms periodo Followed by the yuan dynasty• 3 key peopleo Song Taizu• Founded the northern song dynasty• Learned material arts at an early age• He took over military power and assigned civilians to be local officials• He established policie for agriculture in order to promote the development for the economyo Song Taizong• Brother of song taizu• Ruled norther song dynasty in 976-997• He ordered lifang a scholar to make and encyclopedia• Li fang completed in within 6 years• Taizon read 3 volumes a day• Read the whole thing in a yearo Song gaozong• Founded southeren song dynasty• Began when northern song dynasty ended in 1127• The jurchens attacked and captured the capital• 1127-1162• 5 dynasties and ten kingdoms• Major dynasty before the song dynasty Later liang Later tang LaterJin Later han Later zhou• 10 kingdoms Wu, wuyue, min, chu, southern han, former shu, later shu, jingman, southern tang, northern han• Became a part of war fare• Yuan1. Major dynasty after song2. In 1276 they lead an army into the capital of the southeren song dynasty3. Unified china• What they are known for1. Population explosion2. Invented gun powder3. Came up with rice cultivation techniques4. Advanced industrialization• Tang and SongScience and technology and poetry and art• Poetry1. Follows the golden age of Chinese2. Written by over 2,200 authors3. Two famous poetsDu FuLi Bai• Song Poetry1. Classical Chinese poetrySu ShiOuyang XiuLu YouYang Wanli2. Many different forms3. Ci-form of poetry based on songs and rythms but with different words• Tang Technology1. Invented astronomical clock2. Gunpowder3. Gas cylinders4. Water powered fans5. Porcelain• Song Technology1. Calculated an accurate measurement of the astronomical meridian2. Many medical breakthroughs3. Used ephedrine as a drug4. Hydraulic powered clocks• Tang Art1. Landscape paintings2. Many of mountains and water3. Many were traded4. Main music was quin which was also in the han dynasty5. Pots and plates6. Shanshui• Science of Tang1. Monk yixing was the first to successfully measure the length of the meridian line• Science of Song2. Gunpowder compass and moveable type printing3. The period that they made many advancements was called the Chinese renaissance• Tang Dynasty ag and trade1. The tang dynasty made great advancements in agriculture such as digging underground wells for better irrigation, made a very light weight pump used to take water to farm land far from water sources rice a Chinese crop ripened quickly so china was able to hold such a large population with small inventions2. Crops- Grew corn rice beans and wheat3. Tang dynasty Trade- During the tang dynasty the use of the silk roads declined drastically because of the mongols678