1. The Tang Dynasty, with its capital at Chang'an, the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization -- equal, or even superior, to the Han period.
2. The Tang period was considered the golden age of literature and art.
3. Stimulated by contact with India and the Middle East, the empire saw a flowering creativity in many fields.
4. Buddhism, originating in what is modern day Nepal around the time of Confucius, continued to flourish during the Tang period and ws adopted by the imperial family, becoming culture.
5. Block painting made the written word available to vastly greater audiences.
6. The song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Periods, ans was followed by the Yuan Dynasty.
7. It was the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes or true paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy.
8. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gun power, as well as first discernment of true north using a compass.
9. The Song Dynasty is divided into two distinct periods: the Northern Song and Southern Song.
10. During the Northern Song, the Song capital in the northern city of Bianjing, and the dynasty controlled most of inner China.
2. The Tang period was considered the golden age of literature and art.
3. Stimulated by contact with India and the Middle East, the empire saw a flowering creativity in many fields.
4. Buddhism, originating in what is modern day Nepal around the time of Confucius, continued to flourish during the Tang period and ws adopted by the imperial family, becoming culture.
5. Block painting made the written word available to vastly greater audiences.
6. The song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Periods, ans was followed by the Yuan Dynasty.
7. It was the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes or true paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy.
8. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gun power, as well as first discernment of true north using a compass.
9. The Song Dynasty is divided into two distinct periods: the Northern Song and Southern Song.
10. During the Northern Song, the Song capital in the northern city of Bianjing, and the dynasty controlled most of inner China.