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CHAPTER 15. TANG DYNASTY. SONG DYNASTY. AGRICULTURE. Increased productivity New type of rice Improved Techniques. AGRICULTURE. Results?? Population 800: 50 million 1200: 115 million Urbanization Commercial agriculture Trade . Chang’an Most populous (2 million)
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TANG DYNASTY SONG DYNASTY
AGRICULTURE • Increased productivity • New type of rice • Improved Techniques
AGRICULTURE • Results?? • Population • 800: 50 million • 1200: 115 million • Urbanization • Commercial agriculture • Trade
Chang’an • Most populous (2 million) • 30 sq. miles planned
CHANG’AN • Imperial capital • Largest and most populated planned city • Rectangular blocks • Residents lived • Interior streets • Controlled
CHANG’AN • “east” side • “west” side • Foreign influence • Religion • Culture • Music, food • Hairstyles, chairs
TANG TECHNOLOGY • Inventions • Paper (Han) • Porcelain • “china”
TANG TECHNOLOGY • Gunpowder • Origins: Alchemists, elixir for long life • Han: explosions • Noise and confusion • Vietnam, Korea? • Bombs • Printing • Cheaper books
GOVT. • Centralized bureaucracy • Many levels • National to local
HANGZHOU • Late 13th century, Song capital • Big city, 1 million
Marketplace • Taverns/restaurants • Multiple floors • Entertainment
URBANIZATION • Cosmopolitan • All over the world • Products, people
ECONOMICS • Flying cash • ATM • Money
SONG INDUSTRY • Iron, steel, metal • 700 yrs. before Europe
WOMEN • Subordinate position • Family, men first • Female infanticide
SONG • Footbinding • Elites • Not universal
FOOTBINDING • Attractive = physically weak • Modest, no public role • Marriage • Young girls • Wrapped feet with tight cloth • Spurned natural growth
NEO-CONFUCIANISM • Confucianism + Buddhism • Soul, relationship w/environment • Buddhist influence, Asia
HEIAN japan (700-1100) • Literature • Women • Tale of Genji (Lady Murasaki) • The Confessions of Lady Nijo • Relationships • Promiscuous behavior • Rich and elite
SAMURAI AGE (1100-1600) • Feudalism • Shoen • private estates • Shogun • Nobles • And their samurai warriors
SAMURAI • Mounted warriors • Horseback • Warfare and fighting