1. Do Now: 1. How were the Tang and the Song Dynasties similar?
Chap 15 Day 2 East Asia
Do Now: 1. How were the Tang and the Song Dynasties similar?
(see previous notes)

2. Agricultural Economies of the Tang and Song Dynasties
Developed Vietnamese fast-ripening rice, 2 crops per year
Technology: iron plows, use of draft animals
Soil fertilization, improved irrigation
Water wheels, canals
Terrace farming

3. Population Growth – WHY?
Result of increased agricultural production
Effective food distribution system
Transportation networks built under Tang and Song dynasties
Urbanization
Chang’an world’s most populous city: 2 million residents
Southern Song capital Hangzhou: over 1 million

4. Patriarchal Social Structures
Increased emphasis on ancestor worship
Elaborate grave rituals
Extended family gatherings in honor of deceased ancestors
Religious or philosophical influences???
Footbinding gains popularity
Increased control by male family members
How?

5. Footbinding- similar to today?

6. Technology and Industry
Porcelain (“Chinaware”)
Increase of iron production due to use of coke, not coal, in furnaces
Agricultural tools, weaponry
Gunpowder invented
Earlier printing techniques refined
Moveable type by mid-11th century
Yet complex Chinese ideographs make wood block technique easier
Naval technology

7. Emergence of a Market Economy
Letters of credit developed to deal with copper coin shortages
Promissory notes, checks also used
Development of independently produced paper money
Not as stable, riots when not honored
Government claims monopoly on money production in 11th century

8. China and the Hemispheric Economy
Increasingly cosmopolitan nature of Chinese cities
Chinese silk opens up trade routes, but increases local demands for imported luxury goods

9. Cultural Change in Tang and Song China
Declining confidence in Confucianism after collapse of Han dynasty
Increasing popularity of Buddhism
Christianity, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Islam also appear – How similar? Different?
Clientele primarily foreign merchant class

10. Dunhuang
Mahayana Buddhism especially popular in western China (Gansu province), CE -Why spread?
Buddhist temples, libraries
Economic success as converts donate land holdings
Increase popularity through donations of agricultural produce to the poor

11. Summary
The Chinese population underwent rapid growth from 600 to 1200.
What developments during this period promoted that growth?
Why would it be an economic advantage to have such a large population?
Why would it be a potential disadvantages to have a large population?