Tang+Dynasty

NAME: · **Leaders, Elites** · **State Structure** · **War** · **Diplomacy, Treaties** · **Courts, Laws** || ** Following the Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty ruled from 618-907 C.E. No major rulers. Consisted of 50-60 million people. Created the Censorate, an agency to watch over the government. Expanded the testing program for officials. Considered to be the best ordered state in the world. Continued to be ruled by an emperor. ** || · **Type of System** · **Technology, Industry** · **Trade, Commerce** · **Capital/Money** · **Types of Businesses** || ** Created a series of canals. Extensive trade out of major cities, especially later during the Song dynasty. Internal trade across empire. Technological breakthroughs, especially later. Highly commercialized society. Paper money. ** || · **Holy Books** · **Beliefs, Teachings** · **Conversion** · **Sin/Salvation** · **Deities** || ** Neo Confucian revival. Expulsion of Buddhism. Empress Wu-involved the repression. ** || · **Family** · **Gender Relations** · **Social Classes** · **Inequalities** · **Life Styles** || ** Continued to respect elders. Awful place for women, foot binding, increasingly losing there jobs and power in certain industries as technology became more advanced. Family Confucian values remained. ** || · **Art, Music** · **Writing, Literature** · **Philosophy** · **Math & Science** · **Education** || ** Golden Age of China. Founded cultural ideas that have lasted to modern day. Examination system for government. Philosophy remained focused on Confucianism. ** || · **Location** · **Physical** · **Movement** · **Human/Environment** · **Region** || ** Covered modern day north and south china and stretched to the steppes, where they ruled over the barbarians. Periodically invaded by Barbarians. The Khitan led to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. Manipulated the environment, created a cultural and technological explosion. ** ||
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