Tang Dynasty:
When: The Tang Dynasty began June 18, 618. It ended June 1, 907. The Tang Dynasty was founded by the Li family who gained power at the collapse at the Sui Empire. The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China.
Where: The Tang Dynasty's capitol, Chang'an, was the most populous city in the world at the height of the Tang Dynasty. In China, the Tang Dynasty was considered a high point of the Chinese civilization. It was considered to possibly even pass the Han Dynasty's accomplishments.
Key People: LI YUAN- formed the Tang dynasty. He united China and adopted Buddhism. Arab traders introduced Islam to China and Wang Wei. WANG WEI- a poet and painter. He also created pure landscape style of painting. WU DAOZI- an artist who was famous for initiating new myths in his artwork. DU FU- Chinese poet; called Poet-Historian and was very famous. WU ZETIAN- an empress. She became the only Chinese empress who had a right to rule.
LI SHIMIN- second emperor of the Tang Dynasty; ruled from 626 to 649.
Before the Tang: Before the Tang Dynasty, there was another dynasty called the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty was in powerfrom 581 to 618. The Tang Dynasty took control when the Sui dynasty was collapsing.
End of the Tang: ended around 907. The end of the Tang Dynasty started during Emperor Xizong's reign when the otable Huang Chao Uprising broke out. Another reason for the fall was becasue of the Shi Rebellion.
What they're known for: The Tang Dynasty is mostly known as the most influential empire for the Chines civilization. During the Tang Dynasty, China reached an all time peak of the Chinese civilization and actually vecame the center of the trade in the east. The achievements of the Tang Dynasty had a dynamic influence on today's world as well. The Tang Emperors developed a strong foundation for their government.
-Medicine is probably one of their highest contributions and they practieced worldwide. The use of organic materials and herbs for medicine was developed by the Tang Dynasty. During the time of studying medicine, they specifically studied on medicine for diabetes. However, during this search for a medicine for diabetes, they discovered this condition was from excess sugar. They discovered this through urine samples.
-Sun Simiao wrote THE THOUSAND GOLDEN PRESCRIPTIONS, one of China's most precious trasures in the medical field. They also studied certain chemcials that lead to gunpowder. They studied deeply into alchemy that lead to the inventions of gas cylinders and A/C. Law and Math made education grow. That lead to economic growth and stability. The Tang Dynasty's achievements were very exeptional and lad to success with foreign relations.
Loss of Power: The main reason for the collapse of the Tang Dynasty was the Shi Rebellion and catastrophe. This rebellion destroyed the prosperity of the empire. Up until this point, in middle of the 8th century, the Tang Dynasty had few conflicts or rebellion issues, so this cam as a shock to most of the empire.
SANSHUI: "water mountain painting"
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