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Tang & Song China

Tang & Song China. Golden Ages. Two Great Dynasties in China. During the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, China becomes the richest, powerful, and most advanced country in the world. Main Idea: Tang and Song China experienced an era of prosperity and technological innovation.

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Tang & Song China

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  1. Tang & Song China Golden Ages

  2. Two Great Dynasties in China • During the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, China becomes the richest, powerful, and most advanced country in the world.

  3. Main Idea: Tang and Song China experienced an era of prosperity and technological innovation. Why it Matters Now: Chinese inventions from this period, such as printing, gunpowder, and the compass, changed history.

  4. The Tang Dynasty World View: • The Song Dynasty World View: • west along the Silk Road • looks east towards the sea

  5. Trade/Foreign Contacts • Silk Road • west; Tang Dynasty

  6. Trade/Foreign Contacts • Silk Road • west; Tang Dynasty • ocean ships • east, Song Dynasty • Korea • Japan • India • Persian Gulf • east Africa

  7. Agriculture • imported fast-ripening rice from Vietnam

  8. Agriculture • imported fast-ripening rice from Vietnam • allowed two crops each season instead of one

  9. Agriculture • imported fast-ripening rice from Vietnam • allowed two crops each season instead of one • fueled population increase

  10. Science and Technology • mathematics flourished

  11. Science and Technology • mathematics flourished • adopted the use of algebra and the concept of zero

  12. Science and Technology • mathematics flourished • adopted the use of algebra and the concept of zero • invented movable type

  13. Science and Technology • mathematics flourished • adopted the use of algebra and the concept of zero • invented movable type • developed gunpowder

  14. Inventions of Tang and Song China

  15. Golden Age of Art • wealth, education, and urban culture = artistic achievement

  16. Golden Age of Art • wealth, education, and urban culture = artistic achievement • great poetry • Li Bo and Du Fu

  17. Golden Age of Art • wealth, education, and urban culture = artistic achievement • great poetry • Li Bo and Du Fu • Three-color ware was one of the greatest contributions of the Tang Dynasty

  18. Golden Age of Art • wealth, education, and urban culture = artistic achievement • great poetry • Li Bo and Du Fu • Three-color ware was one of the greatest contributions of the Tang Dynasty. • Many figurines, predominantly horses and camels, were produced.

  19. Most of these pieces have been found in the more affluent tombs of the Tang period

  20. The Tang and Song Dynasties Compared Tang Only Song Only Both Ruled smaller empire, developed into great sea power, created paper money and movable type Prospered through trade, improved agriculture, created great art and literature Expanded the empire, had a female ruler, adopted Buddhism

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