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Empires in China

 

            
             Tang- 618-907, also known as T'ang, Chinese dynasty during which imperial China became one of the wealthiest and most powerful regions in the world. Became the Golden Age of China. In the eighth century was considered most powerful. Had block printing. Government split into districts. Official Confucius texts. Buddhism flourished. Christianity introduced. Empress Wu. Class barriers broke down. Increase of trade. Government run on a budget. .
             Song- 960-1279, also known as Sung, imperial Chinese dynasty that brought China to one of its highest points in history economically, artistically, and intellectually. The Song period is traditionally divided into two sections, the Northern Song (960-1126) and the Southern Song (1127-1279). North = Power and South = Culture. Civil service exam was used widely. Literacy rate increases. Gun power invented. During the Southern Song the Neo-Confucianism is brought about. Neo= Budd-Tao-Con. Paper and coin currency. .
             Ming- 1368-1644, the last native Chinese dynasty in the history of China. Spanning almost three centuries between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty and the rise of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the Ming reunited what is now called China proper after almost 400 years of foreign incursion and occupation. The Ming contributed greatly to Chinese literature, art, and philosophy. It is noted for its sea explorations, even though, when the effort was not followed up, the results failed to register any permanent value. It is best known for its strong and complex central government, which unified and controlled the empire. Ironically, it was this same complexity that prevented the Ming government from being able to adapt to changes in society and eventually led to its decline.
             Yuan- 1279-1368, the period of Mongol rule over China initiated by the conquest of the Southern Song (Sung) dynasty by Kublai Khan (also known as Khubilai or Kubla). Northern China had fallen to the Mongols in 1234, but more than 40 years passed before they gained control over and incorporated the rest of the country into what proved to be the largest contiguous land empire in world history.


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