Tang and Song Dynasties

Warm-Up What were the achievements of the Tang Dynasty? What were the achievements of the Song Dynasty? What were the major beliefs of Daoism, Legalism and Confucianism?

TANG DYNASTY Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet- tributary states Rulers had to acknowledge Chinese supremacy & send tribute to emperor Used civil service exam to recruit officials Land reform- broke up land and redistributed to peasants System of canals- trade and transportation Grand Canal- longest waterway dug by human labor

Tang Dynasty Decline Corruption High taxes Drought Famine Rebellions

Song Dynasty New strains of rice Improved irrigation methods Food surpluses Foreign trade

Chinese Society Gentry- Wealthy landowning class Revival of Confucian thought Peasants- worked the land, lived on what they produced Social mobility through education and government service Merchants- According to Confucianism, even lower class than peasants because their riches came from the labor of others.

Chinese Achievements Mechanical Clock- used a complex series of wheels, shafts and pins turning at a steady rate to tell exact time.

Chinese Achievements Gunpowder Made from sulfur and charcoal. First used in fireworks and later in weapons

Chinese Achievements Block Printing and Movable Type Block Printing- a full page of characters was carved onto a wooden block. Movable type- made up of precut characters that were combined to form a page.

Arts in China Balance and harmony through simple strokes Landscape artists- capture essence of natural world Buddhist themes Mastered porcelain making

Literature in China Works on philosophy, religion, history Li Bo- Greatest Tang poet; wrote over 2,000 poems.

Silk Road 4x4 Fold your paper into 4 squares. Square 1- Draw a map of where the Silk Road existed. Describe location and growth of Silk Road. Square 2- What goods were passed along the silk road? Square 3-How did cultures pass along the silk road? Square 4- How did disease pass along the silk road?