tang and song china
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Chapter 12 Section 1. Tang and Song China. Key Terms. Tang Taizong Wu Zhao Moveable type gentry. The Tang Dynasty Expands China. Wendi first emperor of Sui Dynasty Grand canal connected Huang He and Chiang Jang Rivers 1 million people, five years, 1000 miles - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 12
Section 1
Key Terms
Tang Taizong Wu Zhao Moveable type gentry
The Tang Dynasty Expands China Wendi first emperor
of Sui Dynasty Grand canal
connected Huang He and Chiang Jang Rivers
1 million people, five years, 1000 miles
Thousands more built the Great Wall
Tang Rulers Create a Powerful Empire Lasted 300 years Tang Taizong 626-
649 Empire expanded Wu Zhao 690 Only female
emperor Expanded roads and
canals Promoted trade and
agricultrue
Scholar-Officials Civil service exams Large bureaucracy Exams open to all Only wealthy could
afford education Talent and
education more important than noble birth
Tang Lose Power Imposed heavy
taxes 751 Muslim armies
defeated Chinese Central Asia in
foreign hands 907 rebels burn
Tang capitol Murder Tang
emperor a child
Song Dynasty Restores China 960 Taizu unites
China Song- first emperor Song emperors tried
to buy peace 1100’s Manchurians
conquer China Song capitol-
Hangzhou South China
economic heartland
An Era of Prosperity and Innovation Tang and Song
dynasties population doubles
Moveable type-printer could arrange blocks of individual characters
Gunpowder- led to bombs, grenades, rockets
An Era of Prosperity and Innovation Porcelain Mechanical clock Paper money Magnetic compass
for sailing 1000-1200’s
advances in Algebra Math using negative
numbers
Agriculture Cultivation of rice Two crops a year Officials distribute
the Viet Nam rice Produce more food Population grows
Trade and Foreign Contracts Tang and Song
foreign trade flourished
China increased sea trade
Sailed to India, Persia, Africa
Culture spread to East Asia
Buddhism spread to Viet Nam, Korea, Japan
A Golden Age of Poetry and Art Tang period- great
poetry Li Bo- wrote about
life’s pleasures Praised Confucian
order Song dynasty-
Chinese psinting
Changes in Chinese Society Old aristocratic
families disappear Gentry-upper class
Attained status through education
Civil service positions
Urban middle classMerchantsArtisansMinor officials
Changes in Chinese Society Bottom of social
orderSoldiersLaborersServantsCountryside was the
largest class the peasants
Toiled for wealthy landowners
Status of Women Subservient to men Further declined
under Tang and Song
Women less important to prosperity
Peasant women worked in the fields
Binding feet of upper class
Status of Women Lily foot- broken
arch Crippled for life Reflected wealth
and prestige of the husband
Could afford impractical wife