Achievements- When and were Located in China Ruled from 960-1279. There were three key people
Song Taizu Founded the Northern Song Dynasty.
Song Taizong- brother of Song Taizu Ruled the Northern Song Dynasty in 176 to 997.
Song Gaozong founded the Southern Song Dynasty. The southern soong dynasty began when the northern song dynasty ended in 1127.
Five Dynasties and ten Kingdoms- Major dynasty before the Song Dynasty. 5 dynasties- later Liang Dynasty, later tang dynasty, later jin, later Han, later Zhou. 10 Kingdoms- Wu, Min, Chu, Shouther Han Former Shu, Later Shu.
Yuan- Major dynasty after the song dynasty. In 1276, Kublai Khan led his army and captured the capital of the southern dynasty.
What they're known for- Population explosion began in the song Dynasty. Women started to binding their feet. Rice and Tea became a dominate food.
Invented gunpowder and gunpowder weapons. They were known for building some of the biggest cites.
Science and technology and art and poetry-
Tang poetry-Follows the golden Age of Chinese written by over 2200 authors.
Song poetry- Classic Chinese forms Many different forms. Ci- form of poetry based on the song and rhythm.
Tang technology- Invented the astronomical clock, Gunpowder
Song technology- Calculated an accurate measurement of the astronomical meridian. Many medical breakthroughs.
Tang art- Painted many paintings of landscape, Shanshui.
Science of Tang- The tang Dynasty contributed a lot to the development of astronomy, medicine.
Science of Song- The song dynasty is considers by many to be China's high point in Science.
Tang ag and -
Tang Dynasty agriculture- The Tnag Dynasty made great advances in agriculture, such as digging underground wells for better irrigation.
The tang dynasty grew a lot of different things like corn, rice, beans, and wheat.
Tang dynasty trade- During the Tang dynasty the use of the silk roads has declined dramatically.
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