Chapter 14 Section 2

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Chapter 14 Section 2

• Tang and Song Achievements

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Advances in Agriculture

• Chinese civilization always based on agriculture
• Grew wheat, barley, rice, grains

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Advances in Agriculture

• During Song Dynasty farming improved
• New irrigation helped farmers
• Underground wells
• Dragon backbone pump
• Allowed one person to do the work of several

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Advances in Agriculture

• During the Song Dynasty
• Increased the amount of farmed land
• Farms more productive
• New fast growing rice
• Could get 2-3 crops in one growing season
• Grew new crops efficiently such as cotton
• Tea production increased

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Advances in Agriculture

• Surplus agricultural items were taxed giving
  govt more money
• Merchants traded surplus crops
• Food was plentiful
• Population grew quickly
• Went from 60million to 100 million

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Cities and Trade

• During the Tang and Song dynasties food came into
  the cities from the countryside
• Cities were busy and crowded

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City Life

• Changan (chahng-AHN)
• Tang capital city
• Largest city
• Huge trade center
• Population over 1 million
• Largest city in the world in its time
• Religious philosophical center

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City Life

• Cities grew in the Song Dynasty
• Kaifeng (KY-fuhng) was the capital
• Population about 1 million

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Trade in China and Beyond

• Trade and agriculture made China richer than ever
• Traders used rivers to ship goods within China
• Especially the Grand Canal
• Construction began under the Sui
• Improved and expanded under the Tang

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Trade in China and Beyond

• During Tang dynasty most foreign trade used land
  routes
• Silk was their most valuable export

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Trade in China and Beyond

• During the Song Dynasty sea trade became
  important
• Pacific ports were opened to foreign traders
• They also developed porcelain during the Song
  Dynasty

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Trade in China and Beyond

• Huge amounts of trade strengthened the economy
• Song invented the first paper money to ease trade

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Arts and Inventions

• As the economy prospered, China also increased
  culturally

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Artists and Poets

• Artists writers of the Tang Dynasty were some
  of Chinas greatest
• Wu Daozi (DOW-tzee) painted murals
• Li Bo and Du Fu wrote poetry
• Li Qingzhao (ching-Zhow) considered Chinas
  greatest female poet

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Artists and Poets

• Artists made exquisite clay figures
• Also made porcelain items glazed with celadon

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Important Inventions

• Tang
• Woodblock Printing
• Gunpowder
• Compass
• Song
• Movable type
• Paper money