Looking between Europe and the Tang and Song dynasties of China‚ one must wonder how two cultures with such vast differences could be so similar. China was a unified nation‚ which was ruled by a monarch with complete power‚ while Europe on the other hand was separated into over 60 different kingdoms‚ each of them were served by their own lords who had commoners working for them. During the Tang Dynasty‚ women‚ especially those from elite families‚ lead a life with very few constrictions‚ but that
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Political structure Social and Economic Changes within the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties China flourished as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan societies under the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties. Officials governed effectively‚ economic development grew and farmers fed people‚ merchants and manufacturers prospered. Confucianism and Daoism was the government foundation‚ social structure and culture. Agriculture remained the foundation for the economy. Strong central government continued
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Comparative Essay The Tang and Song Dynasties in Ancient China were similar‚ yet different. They had varying aspects politically‚ socially‚ and economically. They varied the most politically‚ while they were very similar economically. Socially‚ they did not have opposite views or actions‚ but different views. Although they both controlled roughly the same areas in Ancient China‚ the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty had different political‚ economic‚ and social views. The Tang and Song Dynasties had
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WOH2012 6-27-11 Compare and Contrast Song and Tang Dynasties After the collapse of the Han dynasty at the beginning of the third century‚ China fell into an extended period of division and civil war. China was at a loss for leadership. Many dynasties ruled over this perdiod of time including the Song and Tang dynasties. The political system of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) stood in the tradition of a central bureaucracy that was already created during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Unlike the
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To begin‚ the Tang and the Song dynasty both overlapped the Tang dynasty was coming out and then the Song dynasty was coming in. The Tang dynasty 618-907 CE had many good things happen during the Period of Prosperity. One example is the Tang felt strongly about following the code of relationship the leaders would “father the empire and do there part. Another example where the Period of Prosperity happened in The Tang dynasty was the people would listen and obey to the quality leaders and that would
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The Tang and Song dynasties were an era for many technological developments the most important of these are the invention of gunpowder and movable type. Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document. The distribution of the movable-type systems was very limited due to the fact that they were expensive‚ there was a large amount of labor involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets‚ based on the Chinese writing
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The period of rebellion and warfare (the end of the dynasties.) The Tang dynasty and the song dynasty were very different but they did have some similarities. They both were very good at surviving but they both died in the end. This is the end of the Song dynasty and the Tang dynasty. When the song dynasty was under attack they had to raise the taxes and they had to pay money for the Khitans so they could fight. Also‚ the Song dynasty could not hold of the northern invaders for long. They had such
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The growing economy during the Tang and Song areas contribute to many changes in China‚ with some changes that had global impact such as currency; however‚ perhaps one of the more significant change was the way of life. One particular example is the shift of way of life for peasants‚ from self-sufficiency to production for market‚ which inherently improved their life (McKay‚ 328). Additionally‚ with the growth of the population and the need for good and services led to the creation of currency
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Chapter 10 The Sui and Tang Empires‚ 581-755 * After the fall of the Han China was fragmented for several centuries. * China was reunified with the Sui dynasty‚ father and son rulers who held power from 581 until Turks from Inner Asia defeated the son * Small kingdoms of northern China and Inner Asia that had come and gone structured themselves around a variety of political ideas and institution. * People preferred having an emperor‚ a bureaucracy using the Chinese language‚ and
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Characteristics of the Tang Dynasty Characteristics of the Song Dynasty Characteristics shared by both dynasties Social Tang dynasty offered women a new opportunity for personal expression shown by the leadership of Empress Wu Neo-Confucianists movements in the late Song led to the deteriorating rank of women in society Neo-Confucianism also discouraged women from education and other career outlets Male-dominated society Men enjoyed more rights in areas such as remarrying and premarital
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