Accomplishments of the song dynasty
when and where- locate in china. ruled from 906-1279.
3 Key People- song Taizu- founded the northern song dynasty. ruled the dynasty in 960-976. he took ver local military.
Song Taizong- was the brother of Song Taizu. ruled the northern song dynasty in 976-997. he ordered Li Fang, a scholar to make an encyclopedia.
Song Gaozong- founded the southern song dynasty. the southern song synasty ended in the northen song dynasty and captured the capital.
Five Dynasties and ten kingdoms- 5 dynasty- liang dynasty, tang dynasty, jin dynasty, Han, and Zhou. kingdoms- Wu, Wuyue, Min, Chu, southern Han, former Shu, Later Shu, Jingnan, Southern Tang, Northern Han.
Yuan- Major dynasty after song dynasty, in 1276, Kublai Khan led his army and captured the capital of the southern song Dynasty.
Unified the entire country of China. that was the end of the song dynasty.
know 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 the dynasty. they invented gunpowder and gunpowder wepons. the song had advanced industrialization. they were known for building some of the largest cities in the world.
Science and technology and art of the song and tang.
tang poetry- follows the gold age of chinese. witten by over 2,200 authors. important part of social life. two famous people- Du Fu and Li Bai.
Song - Classical Chinese Poetry.poets- Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu, many different forms. Ci- form of poetry based on songs and Rhythms.
Tang technology- invented the astronomical clock. Gunpowder. Gas Cylinders.
Song- Calculated an accurate measurement of the Astronomical meridian.
Tang art- painted many painting of landscape, Shanshui.
Science of tang- the tang dynasty contributed a lot to the Development of astronomy.
song- is considered by many to be China's high point in Science. they invented gunpowder and compass.
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