TANG DYNASTY SONG DYNASTY

 Increased productivity  New type of rice  Improved Techniques

 Results??  Population  800: 50 million  1200: 115 million  Urbanization  Commercial agriculture  Trade

 Chang’an  Most populous (2 million)  30 sq. miles planned

 Imperial capital  Largest and most populated planned city  Rectangular blocks  Residents lived  Interior streets  Controlled

 “east” side  “west” side  Foreign influence  Religion  Culture Music, food Hairstyles, chairs

 Inventions  Paper (Han)  Porcelain “china”

 Gunpowder  Origins: Alchemists, elixir for long life Han: explosions  Noise and confusion  Vietnam, Korea?  Bombs  Printing  Cheaper books

 Centralized bureaucracy  Many levels  National to local

 Late 13 th century, Song capital  Big city, 1 million

 Marketplace  Taverns/restaurants  Multiple floors  Entertainment

 Cosmopolitan  All over the world  Products, people

 Flying cash  ATM  Money

 Iron, steel, metal  700 yrs. before Europe

 Subordinate position  Family, men first  Female infanticide

 Footbinding  Elites  Not universal

 Attractive = physically weak  Modest, no public role  Marriage  Young girls  Wrapped feet with tight cloth  Spurned natural growth

 Confucianism + Buddhism  Soul, relationship w/environment Buddhist influence, Asia

 Literature  Women  Tale of Genji (Lady Murasaki)  The Confessions of Lady Nijo Relationships Promiscuous behavior Rich and elite

 Feudalism  Shoen private estates  Shogun  Nobles  And their samurai warriors

 Mounted warriors  Horseback  Warfare and fighting