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TN 7.22 - TN 7.23 Tang & Song Dynasties

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previously on world history and geography is the Roman Republic in the Han Dynasty expanded in the east play the Han Dynasty collapsed in 220 c e no Emperor was strong enough to hold China together over the next 350 years more than 30 local dynasties Rose and fell and now our feature presentation finally my 589 c e and Emperor named Wendy United northern and southern China once again when was now heading into a pro lawn golden age where became the richest most powerful and most advanced country in the world Wendy declared himself the first emperor of the sway Dynasty which lasted please do two Emperors from 581 to 618 CE this way temper is greatest accomplishment was the completion of the Grand Canal a waterway that connected the wrong Hall and the changcheng the canal provided a vital route for trade between the northern cities in the southern rice-producing region of the Chang Delta about a million peasants Doug for 5 years to complete them more than one Thousand Mile Long Waterway perhaps as many as half of the workers died on this project while thousands died building the Great Wall the endless labor for State projects turn the people a what's the sway Dynasty overtax they finally revolted in 618 a member of the Imperial Court assassinated II suede Emperor all short live this way built foundation for the great achievements of the next Dynasty the time Dynasty ruled for nearly three hundred years under the time rulers the Empire expanded what are the rulers during this expansion was the m swoosh out from about 660 Cent held the real power while we Kemper sat on the throne finally in 690 CE e Empress Wu assume the title of for self the only woman ever to officially do so in China hey did you know that with Chinese names the family name comes first like Bruce Lee in China hubee known as Lee Bruce so with Wu Zhao her family name was woo now you know to manage their large empire the tongue rules needed to restore China's bierocracy they did this by Reviving expanding the Civil Service examination system begun by the Han Dynasty a new much larger upper-class emerge made up of scholar-officials in there Emily's such a Class A powerful well-to-do people's called the Gentry the Gentry attained their status through education and civil service positions rather than through land ownership to meet the rising cost of in the Army's protecting the vast Empire Tang rulers and post crushing taxes finally in 907 CE e Chinese Rebels sacked and burn the tongue capital and murder the song emperor a child after the fall of the tong Dynasty rival Warlords divided China into separate kingdoms then a 960 c e and able General name tide reunited most of China McClain themself the first song or song emperor the dynasty lasted from 960 to 1279 CE in the early 1100 entry people call the church in Concord northern China and established the Qin empire of the north the church enforce the song to retreat South across the long huh after 11:20 nce song Emperors ruled only Southern China creating the southern Song Dynasty during the Tang and Song dynasties China's population nearly doubled soaring to 100 billion rapid growth of China resulted in part from the introduction of a new variety of fast ripening rice from Vietnam around 1000 CE e disallowed the farmers to harvest two rice crops rather than one China become the most populous country in the world in the most technologically advanced that reminds me did you know Chopsticks of been around for over 3000 years what sit here sticks is usually made of bamboo or wood and held in one hand using the leverage to hold the food I'm starting to get hungry noodles back to the technological advances of the tongue and song with movable type printer could arrange blocks of individual characters in a frame to make a page for printing previously printer said carve the words for a whole page into one block now the individual characters could be reused although more efficient than block printing movable type printing was difficult in China due to the huge where is characters explosive powder or gunpowder was accidentally created by Chinese scientists looking for the formula for long life it was first used in fire and then what use to propel arrows at the enemy this led to the creation of explosive weapons such as bombs guns cannons grenade small rockets and all those other weapons that we use to kill each other other important inventions of this. Include porcelain porcelain is Created from mineral found only in China What's the diff creation remained a Chinese secret for centuries and was so associated with Chinese culture at the porcelain is known as fine china now that's a Great Wall of China examples of porcelain in some more yeah how about some more other inventions gluten mechanical clock paper money song do use of the magnetic compass for navigating the Chinese made advances and arithmetic and turbo like the use of negative numbers oh and the rudder and acupuncture under the Tang and Song Emperor's foreign trade flourished telling Imperial guarded the great Silk Roads which link China to the West eventually however China lost control over these routes during the long-term decline after this time Chinese Merchants relied increasing an ocean trade Chinese advances in sailing technology including the magnetic compass made it possible for sea trade to expand they sailed India the Persian Gulf and even the coast of Africa Goods as well as ideas in religions spread back and forth between China and the rest of the Known World the prosperity of the time and Song dynasties nursed and age of artistic Brilliance the tongue reproduced great poetry two of its most celebrated poets for Nebo who wrote about life's pleasures and too few who praised Confucian virtues and Order calligraphy for the art of writing was the visual art form prized above all others and traditional China it wasn't until the Song Dynasty the painting shed its status as a mere craft and became art Chinese painting reach New Heights Beauty during the Song Dynasty painting of this era shows Dow list influence artist in that worried about three dimensions or play some emphasize the beauty of natural landscapes and objects such as a single Branch or flower the artist and not generally used bright colors black ink was their favorite paint Urban view Beauty was evident with the custom of binding the feet of upper-class girls when a girl was very young her feet were bound tightly with cloth which eventually broke the arch and curled all but the tell under as their feet tried to grow this prettiest what was admiringly called a lily foot women with bound feet crippled for life to others and Society such a woman reflected wealth and Prestige of her husband who could afford such a beautiful but impractical wife it just makes me sad social economic and technological transformations of song and song periods permanently shaped Chinese civilization these advances endured even is China fell to a group of nomadic Outsiders the Mongols

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