Presented Acomplishments of Tang
Higharcy Tang and Shang Dynasty
- Tang Dynasty
- The tang Dynasty is preceded is by the Sui dynasty
- It was founded by the Li family who seized 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
- The tang dynasty is a monarchy
- The 7th and half of the 8th century is considered the Zenith era of the Tang dynasty
- Emperor Xuanzong brought the middle kingdom to its golden age while the silk road thrived
- Shang Dynasty
- It was founded around 1600 BC by Cheng Teng
- It was a monarchy governed by a series of kings
- Thirty kings total over 600 years
- The king was served by officials who help specialized positions of authority
- Officials belonged to the hereditary class of aristocrats
- The king had supreme power over everything
- He was the political and religion leader
- The king directed life and work to peasants and serfs
- The most powerful to least powerful are king, nobles, warrior, and peasants
- Shang Women
- The 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
- They were treated with less respect than the average person in the empire
- A concubine is a woman who live 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 fields
- 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 Tang and Shang
- Both were monarchic governments
- Women’s social status was considered less than men
- Motherhood was primary role of women
- King is supreme ruler
- Strong social status pyramids king on top, peasants on bottom
- Dependent on trade
- Contrast
- Tang
- King was more involved with economy
- Tang women generally had more freedom than Shan women
- If they could afford to pay someone else to do housework they would spend more time with recreational activities larger civilization than Shang
- Tang
- Shang
- King had group of Advisors that helped him rule
- King was military governmental and religious leader
- Polygamy was more common
- Women were at bottom of social ranking
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