Transforming Society Through Government

1. Transforming Society Through Government

2. Emperor Taizu, Founder of the Song dynastyr. 960-976

4. Liao 907-1125 Northern Song 960-1126 Liao Turkic Tribes Xi Xia Tibetan Tribes Song Dali

7. the multi-centered south

8. Southern difference – multiple languages

9. Population growth AD 2-1990

13. canals in Tongli, Jiangsu

14. houses on the canal in Tongli, Jiangsu

18. paper currency

22. Han Zizai’s Night Revels

27. From one empire From state ownership of the land From silk as the store for wealth From one great capital with population of 1 million From restrictions on trade and commerce From an aristocracy of great clans supported by the court To a multi-state world To a private market in land To coin, paper money, and silver (money supply increases 20-30 times) To multiple great cities with population 500,000-1 million To the accumulation of wealth through trade To literati local elites who do not depend on the court

28. The technology of sea travel– the mariner’s compass

29. Song period Ships paddle-wheels, oars, and sails

30. GUNPOWDER and its uses

31. Paper making

37. Wang Anshi(1021-1086)The Classics and the New Policies

38. Guo Xi – “Early Spring”

40. Sima Guang (1019-1086)

42. Su Shi (1037-1101)