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CHAPTER 14. TANG. SONG. AGRICULTURE. ++ productivity ??. Chang’an 2 mil. 30 sq. m. Cosmopolitan Religion Culture. Inventions Paper (Han) Porcelain “china”. TANG TECHNOLOGY. Gunpowder Origins, Han Printing. SONG DYNASTY. C apital. Markets Entertainment. URBANIZATION.
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TANG SONG
AGRICULTURE • ++ productivity • ??
Chang’an • 2 mil. • 30 sq. m.
Cosmopolitan • Religion • Culture
Inventions • Paper (Han) • Porcelain • “china”
TANG TECHNOLOGY • Gunpowder • Origins, Han • Printing
Markets • Entertainment
URBANIZATION • People, products
ECONOMICS • Flying cash • ATM • Money
Industrial revolution? • 700 yrs. before West
WOMEN • Subordinate
SONG • Footbinding • Elites • Not universal
FOOTBINDING • Attractive = physically weak • Marriage?
HEIAN japan (700-1100) • Literature • Tale of Genji • The Confessions of Lady Nijo • Sex, drinking, gossip
SAMURAI (1100-1600) • Feudalism • Shoen • private estates • Nobles • And their samurai warriors