4. TANG DYNASTY SONG DYNASTY

5.  Increased productivity  New type of rice  Improved Techniques

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

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

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

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

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

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

14.  Centralized bureaucracy  Many levels  National to local

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

17.  Marketplace  Taverns/restaurants  Multiple floors  Entertainment

18.  Cosmopolitan  All over the world  Products, people

19.  Flying cash  ATM  Money

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

21.  Subordinate position  Family, men first  Female infanticide

22.  Footbinding  Elites  Not universal

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

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

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

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

28.  Mounted warriors  Horseback  Warfare and fighting