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China: Tang & Song Dynasties

China: Tang & Song Dynasties. EQ: How do contributions from these dynasties impact us today?. Tang Dynasty: 618-907CE. United China Built a vast empire The capital was at Xian Vietnam, Korea, & Tibet become tributary states

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China: Tang & Song Dynasties

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  1. China: Tang & SongDynasties EQ: How do contributions from these dynasties impact us today?

  2. Tang Dynasty: 618-907CE • United China • Built a vast empire • The capital was at Xian • Vietnam, Korea, & Tibet become tributary states • A tributary state is independent, but China is the supreme power and these states must pay a tribute ($$$) to China

  3. Tang Government • Guided by Confucian ideals • Emphasis on social order ensures stability • duty, rank, proper behavior • Skilled government • Revive the civil service exam system (begun by the Han Dynasty) • Difficult exams stressed Confucian thought • Highly educated ruling class

  4. Song Dynasty: 960-1279CE • Golden Age • Landscape painting • Calligraphy • literature • Conquered by Mongols in 1279 • Invaders from the north

  5. Social pyramid: Gentry Rich landowners Some are civil servants Peasants Majority of population farmers Merchants Some are rich Low in status because their $$ comes from the work of others Status of women Many have authority Manage family finances and run household Boys still have higher value than girls Once married, girls became part of their husband’s family Could never remarry Tang & Song Social Structure

  6. Economic Land reform: redistributes land to peasants Landowners have less power & peasants pay taxes Canals Trade expands (India, Persia, MidEast) Paper $$$ Art & Lit Poetry (Li Bo) & short story Block printing Landscaping Calligrapy Porcelain Architecture Pagoda = temple w/ roof that curves up at the corners Tang & Song Contributions

  7. Tang & Song Contributions

  8. So what? • What is used today from the Tang & Song period? • Chinese culture will influence Japan’s development • More evidence proving the dynastic cycle

  9. CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS • Find (identify) 2 contributions from the 3 periods of Chinese history that we have talked about so far… • 1. Shang & Zhou • 2. Qin & Han • 3. Tang & Song

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