Tang and Song Weapons
Tang Weapons-
- Hand held weapons were pike which had a blade tip used for face to face combat. This also can be a long range weapon, hard to handle and also called a spear. Sword is used for hand to hand battles.
- Long range Weapons include the dagger, usually light and is really sharp ti take out a guard. These are easy to handle for any man. A bow or curved bow is a wooden bow with a string attached. Arrows are shot and includes an iron tip that kills.
- Defenses- Plates that are made of iron, very good in hand to hand combat. These can actually be used as a weapon because of the sharp edges around the rim. Also have a shield which is a thick piece of iron and can defend any weapon.
Song Dynasty
- Advancements in the early technology had gunpowder flame throwers grenades firearm cannon and some land mines.
- Song fought off their enemies until their collapse in the 13th Century.
- Gunpowder was first used when wrapped in paper or bamboo then tied to an arrow and light by a fuse.
- Bombs of gunpowder- made with strap irons and launched by Catapults.
Military commanders-
An Lushan- also named Shi Siming. He was the Prince of La of Yan. Was the leader of Sogdian and Tujue. Li Shimin
Song and Tang Dynasties
Technology
- The song dynasty provided some of the most significant technological advances in Chinese history.
- The first gunpowder was first recorded in the Tang Dynasty and then in the Song Dynasty.
- A Song engineer named Su Song admitted that he and his co-workers were building upon and the work of Zhang Heng.
- He was an astronomer, inventor, and he was an early master of mechanical gears.
Art
- The visual art were heightened by new developments such as advances in landscape and portrait painting.
- Beginning in the Tang and Sung dynasty the primary subject matter of Chinese painting was the landscape paintings.
- In these landscapes, usually monochromatic and sparse, the purpose was not to reproduce exactly the appearance of nature but rather to grasp an emotion or atmosphere so as to catch the “rhythm” of nature.
Science
- Scientist of the song era advanced knowledge very quickly
- the song era was the dynasty of the most rapid scientific and technological progress.
- the investors were especially good a creating varieties of gunpowder for different purposes.
- Shen Kuo was a very successful scientist
- he failed in his campaign against western Xia.
- Chinese scientists advanced the state of their knowledge about the geography of the empire, astronomy, mechanical engineering and other subjects.
Poetry
- this is considered as the golden age of Chinese poetry.
- There were almost 50,000 tang poems that were written by more than 2,200 authors.
- It was an important part of social life and intelligence, in all parts of two of the most famous poets of the time were du fu, lin bai.
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