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Accomplishments of the Tang Dynasty:
- When and where
- 618 AD - 907 AD
- stretched from the Tarim Basin to the Korean Peninsula
- also from Mongolia South to Vietnam
- 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
- most influential empire of China's civilization
- became center of trade in the east
- the study of medicine was big, they discovered diabetes
- the study of law and math
- characterized by strength
- they have contributed a dynamic impact on our world
- free from political corruption in the court
- created gunpowder by studying complex chemicals
- woodblock printing
- golden age of art, music, and literature
- strong foundation of government
- invented gas cylinders and air conditioning
- discovered the source of diabetes
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
- was founded around 1600 BC by Cheng Teng
- was a monarchy governed by a series of kings
- there were 30 kings total over 600 years
- the king was served by officials who held specialized positions of authority
- officials belonged to the hereditary class of aristocrats
- the king had supreme power over everything
- he was the political and religious leader
- the king directed life and work to peasants and serfs
- the most powerful to least powerful are king, noble, warrior, and peasant
- 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
- both were monarchic governments
- women's social status was considered less than men's
- 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
- 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
- king had a group of "advisers" that helped him rule
- king was military governmental and religious leader
- polygamy was more common
- women were at the bottom of social rankings
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