1. 7 th Chapter 7-2 Cornell Notes “Tang and Song Achievements”

2. Cornell Notes: Key Terms porcelain gunpowder compass woodblock printing

4. Chapter 7-2 Cornell Notes Song Dynasty: improved agriculture w/ better irrigation; new techniques and devices/more land used; fast-ripening rice; grow cotton efficiently/process fibers better; merchants traded food too; more food = more people! Heading 1: Advances in Agriculture

5. Chapter 7-2 Cornell Notes Heading 2: “Cities and Trade” large cities grew, Chang’an largest in the world; Grand Canal used for trade; foreign trade over land/sea routes; trade w/ India, Africa, SW Asia; exports include tea, rice, spices, jade; especially silk and porcelain; inventions kept secret for centuries.

6. Chapter 7-2 Cornell Notes Tang Dynasty artists/writers: Li Po, Du Fu, Wu Daozi; Song Dynasty greatest poet: Li Qingzhao both dynasties inventions like gunpowder + the compass; oldest book printed in 868 A.D.; also printing press, paper money. Heading 3: “Arts and Inventions”