china
accomplishments during the Tang ynasty
-china achieved the peak of civilization and became the center of trade
-the study of medicine- conducted a stdy on diabetes and discovered the souce
-the study of complex chemicals- dreated gunpowder and air conditioning.
When was trade around
-618 ad -907 ad
Key players
-Li yuan- known as Tiyuan Gong
-Li Shimin- powerful ruler good at both military strategy and chinese calligraphy
-Li Zhi- considerd a weak ruler because ha was assasinated by Emress wu zetian for most of his reign.
Before the tang dynasty
- the sui dynasty ruled for the years of 581- 618.
-it was the last dynasty before the tang.
-it fell because it went in to chaos.
The fall of the Tang Dynasty
-difficult for people to make a living
-people began to rebel
-Huang Chao's led an army of 100000 soldiers
-Huang Chao's declared himself emperor
-Haung surrendered to the Tang forces
-after about 300 years in power, the dynasty ended
Science, poetry, technology, and arts of the tang dynasty
- monk yixing was the first to successfully measure the length of the mediteranian line.
- sun simiao the medicine king wrote a medicine book
- yi xingled a national project to observe, identify and locate.
Science Song d
- acupuncture- a system of complimentary medicine that involves pricking the skin of tissues with needles, used to lessen pain
- astronomer yang zongfu made the system of AStronomical
poetry tang
- around 50000 poems
- poetry was very important in the tang Dynasty.
- professional and social life of the literate class
- imperial examinations
poetry song
- new from the poem called the ci lyric
- ci lyric- new lyric written to the rhythm of a pre-eisting song.
- titled a to the tune of..
- usually expressed feelings of desire
Technology song
- movable type printing helped the spread of woodblock printing to teach confucian students
- during the 13th century the windmill started to be used throughout china.
- paper printed money was another advancement of currency during the song dynasty
- advancements in agriculture like new devolopments
technology tang
- first clock called the astronomical clock.
- gunpowder had no life threatning properties but exploded when exposed to fire.
- air conditioning. a cool hall was built in the palace
art tang
- the tang period was considered the golden age of liteature and art.
- toward the beginning of the tang dynasty the most common painting was the landscape
- painting and caligraphy were viewed as some of the most noble arts.
- most of these paintings were put onto scrollsso they could be hung on walls.
Agriculture and trade
song dynasty trade
- the dilk road was very important for trade in the west
- during song times maritime trade for the first time exeeded overland foreign trade
tang dynasty trade
- the silk road was the most important per modern Euroasian trade route
- silk was very valuable item that they traded away.
Tong dynasty trade
- the currency is the same as the song dynasty currency
- tang capital became the most populated and welthiest city in the world at the time.
Tang dynasty agriculture
- taxes allowed the allotments were the tangs greatest source of income, and increase the governments wealth and strength
- the tang made great advancement in agriculture
Northern/southern split
- the north song was destroyed by the jin in 1127
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