Weapons (Tang)
- for hand to hand combat they used spikes also known as a spear and swords
- for long range weapons they used the throwing dagger and the bow and arrow
- the tang wore armor made out of plates of iron and they used shields
Weapons (song)
- the Song discovered gunpowder and this gave them a big advantage in their battles
- they could now have explosiives and guns
- landmines
- booby traps
- gunpowder propelled rockets
Tang and Song Dynasty social levels and women
Social levels
- Emperor
- aristocracy
- Bureaucracy
scholars Functionaries
- Eunuchs (servants)
- Clergy
- Peasants
- Artisans and traders
- Slaves
Women
- treated with more respect and power
-allowed to become priestesses
-social standing was affored to women in cities
-high class courtesans had respect and could join in discussion and stuff
Tang social levels
- Emperor
-State Officials
-Landowners and Scholars
-Artisians, craftsmen, merchants
-Farmers, hunters, fishers (peasants)
Song Women
-Girls left their families when they married
-if they gave birth to sons, they would gain respect in the family
-Mothers and grandmothers had important and respected places in the family
-Widows could not remarry
-compared to Tang times, women were less active in politics and less commonly seen on the streets
Agriculture and Trade
Song dynasty trade
-the silk road was very important for trade with the west
-there was alos vigorous sea trade with Korea, Japan, and lands to the south and southwest
-the major port of Quanzhou dominated trading for the Song Dynasty
-during song times maritime trade for the first time exceeded overland foreign trade
-Chinese goods that flowed north in large quantities included tea, silk, copper coins, paper and printed books, porcelain, lacquer ware, jewelry rice, ginger, and other spices and grains
Song Agriculture
-Agriculture as the basis of the national economy of China experienced considerable improvements during this dynasty
- there was a shortage in farmable fields, and every inch of the soil in mountainous regions had to be opened for agriculture
-in these very steep hills, the famous terrace fields were created
-agrarian tools and irrigation technique improved substantially
-Iron harrows, hay cutters, and sickles were forged with improved standards, and water wheels driven by human or animal power were common
- Wheat and beans were imported from the northern region, and rice was cultivated in the north where possible
Tang dynasty trade
-the silk road was the most important per-modern Eurasian trade route
-silk was a very valuable item that they traded away
-the islamic world coveted and purchased n bulk Chinese goods such as silks, lacquer ware, and porcelain wares
-Handicrafts, commerce, technologies, for textile manufacturing and dyeing, porcelain making, smelting, printing developed, and land and water transportation greatly improved
-The currency is the same as the Song dynasty currency
-with a friendly foreign policy and use of the silk road, trade with more than seventy countries flourished, which also brought foreigners with new technologies and ideas, such as astronomy and mathematics
-the Tang capital of Chang'an became the most populated and wealthiest city in the world at the time
Tang Agriculture
-a system of equal land allotments to the male population increased agriculture production that was the backbone of a prosperous farming civilization
-taxes on the allotments were the Tang's greatest source of income, and increased the government's wealth and strength
- had lots of volunteer farmer-soldiers
-digging underground wells for better irrigations
-rice was their main crop
Accomplishments of Song dynasty
Northern/Southern split
-the northern song was destroyed by the Jin in 1127
-the southern song was set up by Zhao Gou, son of the last emperor of the northern song
-Zhao Gou escaped being captured by the Jin in 1127 and fled to Nanjing Yingtianfu
-Nanjing Yingtianfu was the first capital city of the southern song
Key Player: Emperor Taizu
-General Zhao Kuangyin
served in army of Zhou dynasty and then founded northen son
elected emperor after that
got rid of the emperor of the Zhou and established the song dynasty
took the title Taizu
built a centralized and efficient civilian bureaucracy
Key player: Emperor Taizong
- He followed Tauizu as emperor
Son of Tauizu
unigied all of China for the song
rebuilt china
restored devastated lands china began to grow strong again under his power
population started in increase
Key Player: Wang Anshi
-he was prime minister 1069
-made reforms designer to help the common people
-expanded use of money
-broke up private monopolies
introdued some forms of government regulation and social welfare
land reforms also
Key Player: Yu Fei
-During the 1130s
General Yu Fei waged war on the Jin
He had many victories
was an awesome general
he was executed though, because of the traitor, Qin Hui
Hui persuaded the emporer that a peace treaty was much better than war -killed Yu Fei
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