Friday, December 7th

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Accomplishments of the Tang Dynasty:

- When and where

- Key People

Emperor Gaozu- established the dynasty
Li Yuan- united China and adopted Buddhism
Wang Wei- poet and painter that introduced pure landscape, a style of painting for China
Wu Daozi and Du Fu- grew into a centralized state

- Before and after them

came after the Sui Dynasty ended if chaos due to tyranny of Emperor Yang
Li Yuan started an army in Taiyuan and captured the capital Chang'an and put Yang You as Emperor Gong
in 618 Yang You was killed and Li Yuan named himself Emperor and named the state Tang
An Shi Rebellion in 755 was a built up army that lasted for 8 years and overthrew Tang
After it was overthrown in 907 eventually in 960 it was replaced by Sung Dynasty

- Known for major accomplishments

Higharchy

- Tang Dynasty

preceded by the Sui Dynasty
was founded by the Li family who seized the power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Dynasty
the Tang Dynasty, which had at one time, the most popular city in the world is regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization
is a monarchy
the 7th and half of the 8th century is considered the Zenith era
emperor Xuanzong brought the middle kingdom to its golden age while the silk road thrived

- Shang Dynasty

- Shang Women

women were to be gentle, calm, and respectful
their main purpose was to obey and serve their husbands, fathers and even their sons
women were lower than men in social standings
they tended to children and the needs of their husbands
men married multiple women
women were often used as concubines
they didn't have many rights
were treated with less respect than the average person in the empire
a concubine is a women who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives

- Tang women

they were expected to get married and raise a family
spinning and weaving were some activities the women did
peasant women would care for the livestock and tend to the feilds
upper class women could get powerful positions as a wife or concubine of a powerful man
upper class women could enjoy riding horses
they could play the games such as polo, and even hunting
if you were a lower class wife then you could not partake in these activities, and had to do housework

- comparing

- contrast

-Tang

king was more involved with economy
women generally had more freedom
if they could afford to pay someone else to do housework, they would spend more tme with recreational activities
larger civilization

- Shang

Agriculture and Trade

increased international trade contacts, and a revolution in agriculture prouductivity
overseas trade through investments in trading vessels
the government encouraged people to reclaim barren lands and put them under cultivation
anyone who opened up new lands and paid taxes were granted permanent possession of the new land
invented a type of plow to cultivate the lands
used an invented irrigation systems made from bamboo
cotton was a very economic crop
cotton flowers were collected, pits removed, beaten loose with bamboo bows, and drawn into yarns and weaved into cloth called "jibei"
trade was a huge part of the economy and every "social" class was involved in trade some way, weather it by by trading agricultural supplies or other important things for the overall dynasty
since the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, productivity had been severely damaged and the national economy was in paralysis
after the Tang Dynasty reunified the whole nation, Emperor Kao Tsu paid much attention to develop agriculture and successively implemented a series of reforms, such as Juntai Zhi, and Zuyongdio system
in this way the peasants burden was lessened and production efficiency was improved
as a result, farm told and agriculture technique were improved
the economy was very great in power

Accomplishments of the Song Dynasty

- Facts

960-1279 AD
considered a second golden age, following that of the Tang Dynasty, which collapsed 50 years earlier
followed by the Yuan Dynasty
Consisted of Northern Song and Southern Song
The Northern Song was destroyed by the Jin in 1127 a bit of political corruption and decline in the regime
In 1279 the army of the Yuan Dynasty captured the Capitol of the Southern Song, which pretty much ended the southern song
there was a total of 18 emperors who ruled over the dynasty
the first emperor of the song adopted a bureaucratic system employing scholar-officials

- Getting Started

- Helping out

they boasted welfare by first helping house and care for the eldery
what they did for large cities
made state hospitals
got low interest loans for peasants
made state orphanages
had free pharmacies for the poor

- Zhao Kuangyin

military general who founded the Northern Song
in 960, he launched a mutiny in Chenquio where he ascended the throne and fully established the dynasty
studied martial arts from a young age
in 13 years he was able to unite the separatist regimes in southern part of China

- Advancements

Agriculture productivity and output of food advanced with new technologies
Division of labor became more detailed with handicrafts technologies
the basic form of paper currency appeared during their time period, also called Jiao Zi
Silk, textile, and porcelain-making industries strived

- Agriculture

- China Renaissance

the industry improved with new bridges, better canal, lock gates, and water powered clocks
methods of acupuncture and autopsies and physician's code of ethics were codified
arts even saw and advancement in Lyrical song and portrait and landscape paintings

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