Song dynasty china 960-1279
Song Taizu- founded the northern song dynasty and ruled 960 to 976, he took over the local military and made locals officals.
Song Taizong- was the brother of song taizu and ruled the northern song dynasty 976-977 he completed the encylopedia in 6 years and he read 3 volumes a day
Song Gaozong- founded the southern song dynasty and that started in 1127 when the northern song dynasty ended and he ruled 1127-1162
China had 5 dynastyies and 10 kingdoms before the Song dynasty
dynasties- liang, tang, jin, han, and shou
kingdoms- wu, wuye, min chu, southern han, former shu, later shu, jingnam, southern tang, and northern han
many were torn by warfare.
Yuan dynasty-
it was the major dynasty after the song dynasty, in 1276 kublai khan led his army and captured the southern song dynasty and unified the entire country of china, the population explosion, rice and tea became major foods, they progressed rapidly in science, they invented gunpowder and gunpowder weapons, built largest cities in the world, came up with advanced rice cultivation techniques which made rice the major food
Tang and Song dynasty poetry, art, science, and technology
Tang poetry- follows the golden are of chinese, important part of social life
Song poetry- classic chinese poetry based on rhythms and songs but with different words
Tang technology- invented the astronomical clock, gunpowder, gas cilinders, water powerd fans, and porcelain
Song technology- caculated the astronomical meridan, many medical breakthrougs, pharmaceutical drugs, and flamethrower
Tang art- painted many landscapes and traded them
Song art- sence of life
Tang science- measured the meridan line
Song science- movable type printing
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