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 explosives and guns.
-Landmines.
-Booby traps
-Gunpowder propelled rockets.
Tang and Song Dynasty Social Levels and Women
Social levels (Tang)
1. Emperor
2. Aristocracy
3. Bureaucracy
(Scholars) (Functionaries)
4. Eunuchs (servants)
5. Clergy
6. Peasants
7. Artisans and traders
8. Slaves
Women (Tang)
-Treated with more respect and power
-Allowed to become priestesses
-Social standing was afforded to women in cities
-High-class courtesans had respect and could join in discussion and debate
Social Levels (Song)
1. Emperor
2. State Officials
3. Landowners and Scholars
4. Artisans, craftsmen, and merchants
5. Farmers, hunters, and fishers (peasants)
Women (Song)
-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 couldn't remarry.
Agriculture and Trade
Trade (Song)
-Silk Road was very important for trade with the west
-There was also vigorous sea trade with Korea, Japan, and lands to the south and southwest
-The major port of Quanzhou dominated trading for the Song Dynasty.
-The Song Dynasty set up supervised markets along the border to encourage this trade.
Agriculture (Song)
-Ag, as the basis of the national economy of China experienced considerable improvements during this dynasty.
-There was a shortage in farm able fields, and every inch of soil in mts regions had to be opened for ag.
-In these very steep hills, the famous terrace fields were created.
-Agrarian tools and irrigation technique improved substantially.
-Improved techniques of plowing, fertilizing and weeding lead to a substantial increase in ag output.
-Wheat and beans were imported from the northern region, and rice was cultivated in the north where possible.
Trade (Tang)
-The silk was the most important per-modern Eurasian trade route
-Silk was a very valuable item that they traded away.
-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 70 countries flourished, which also brought foreigners with new technologies and ideas, such as astronomy and math.
-The Tang capital of Chang'an became the most populated and wealthiest city in the world at the time.
Ag (Tang)
-A system of equal land allotments to the male population increased ag 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 irrigation.
-Rice was their main crop.
Accomplishments of the Song Dynasty
Northern/Southern Split
-The Northern Song was destroyed by the Jin in 1127.
-The southern song was set up by Zaho Gou, son of the last emperor of the Northern Song.
-Zaho Gou escaped being captured by the Jin 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 Northern Song
-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 effcient civillian vureaucracy.
Key Player: Emperor Taizong
-He followed Tauizu as emperor
-Son of Tauizu
-Unified 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
-Introduced some forms of government regulations and social welfare
-Land reforms also
Key Player: Yu Fei
-During the 1130's
-General Yu Fei waged war on the Jin
-He had many victories
-He was executed though, because of the traitor, Qin Hui
-Hui persuaded the emperor that a peace treaty was much better than war-killed Yu Fei
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