Ancient Chinese Dynasties

The Tang and Song dynasties in China existed between 618 to 1279 CE. Throughout this period, there were many developments in art, poetry, and technology. China was highly influential all around the world. It became known as the Golden Age of China. With advances in technology and ideas that could improve the everyday life, a unified government, and a strong economic system, the Tang and Song dynasties became the Golden Age of China.

Following the collapse of the Han Dynasty in 220, China declined into an elongated term of division. China was divided and in a time of war, with a lack of leadership. It was only in the Sui Dynasty (589-618) reunited North and South China as one. The Tang (618-906) and Song (960 - 1279) Dynasties that followed created the “Golden Ages of China”. Although the Tang and Song Dynasties existed in a similar time and had a similar economy, there are also many differences between the influential dynasties such as certain aspects of their society and politics.

There was many dynasties and empires to come about between 200 BCE and 600 CE. One specific dynasty was the Han dynasty. This dynasty was involved in the unification of China. This dynasty was formed by Lia Bang and lasted from 206 BCE to 220 CE, with an interruption phase from 9 CE to 23 CE.The Han dynasty was between decentralized and centralized. Han Wudi was the greatest emperor of this dynasty, who pursued centralization and expansion. There was constant attacks from Xiongnu nomads of C. Asia; however, Han Wudi briefly came to control Xiongnu. Wang Mang, the regent for a two year old emperor, took power himself. He tried to redistribute land, but the wealthier people that did not want to get some of their land taken away assassinated him. In the later Han dynasty, emperors manage with struggles to control resentment. Another succession to come about was the Roman empire. The Roman empire started out as a republic, but soon Julius Caesar Seized Rome in 49 B.C.E. Julius Caesar centralized control but was eventually assassinated in 44 B.C.E. After Julius came Octavian, who ran a monarchy that was disguised as a republic. Octavian continued expansion and integration of the empire. There was an extreme amount of poor people; in fact, one third of the population was in slavery. One of the only things that was attempted was giving them bread and circuses to distract them. There was no policy developed for them. The Roman empire went through many rulers. Although these

The Tang and Song Empires were two very powerful empires that ruled China after the Han and Sui Dynasties. The Han Dynasty left China fragmented for centuries, and the Sui Dynasty reunified China until the Turks from Inner Asia assassinated the son who ruled. The Tang filled the political vacuum in 618 with emperor Li Shimin (r. 626-649) who extended his power into westward Inner Asia. The Tang kept many Sui governing practices but avoided overcentralization with giving nobles, gentry, and religious establishments power. The Tang Empire fell after the An Lushan and Huang Chao rebellions that left the society homeless, a refugee, or a migrant worker. The empire fell in 907 after a warlord terminated their line. However, the Song Empire had arisen in 960 and paid tribute to the Liao, who controlled the north. The Song Empire aligned with the Jurchens, who ended up creating the Jin Empire, to destroy the Liao capital. The Song Empire was betrayed by the Jurchens and ended up having to pay tribute to them, which some historians refer to as the “Southern Song” period (1127-1279). The Song Empire declined in the year 1126. The Tang and the Song had a variety of economic, political, and social accomplishments, some that they shared, and some that they didn’t. Both the Tang and the Song increased the use of trade, had a change of size of their empires, and had major advancements in technology. Although, the Tang and the Song differed with the growth of Song’s population and its

The Qin dynasty collapsed after 15 years because Qin was cruel and to his people which caused dissatisfaction. After he died Hu Hai took over for Qin. The peasants then led a uprising. Winning over the dynasty.

The Zhou Dynasty, which overthrew the Shang Dynasty, adopted much of Shang culture, which did not bring sweeping change. However, the Zhou rule brought new ideas to Chinese civilization. These new ideas included the “Mandate of Heaven” idea, coined money, feudalism, roads and canals, and more. One of the flaws in this dynasty which is most likely the cause of downfall is the feudalism system and that the Zhou Dynasty controlling the lands that stretched far beyond the Huang He in the north to the Chang Kiang in the south. Feudalism is a system in which nobles, are granted the use of land that legally belong to the king in return for owing them loyalty and military service, and protection to the people who live on their estates. In 771 B.C., when the nomads form the north and west stacked the Zhou capital and murdered the Zhou monarch, the royal members who escaped were not able to control the noble families, which led to bloodshed and violence. This changed China forever. Their method of control was the single handed cause of the love, harmony, and respect for authority being replaced with chaos, arrogance and defiance. In conclusion, the Zhou dynasties method of control could very possibly be the reason of china’s

The Qin and subsequent Han dynasties unified China and established a centralized empire, which endured and passed down hundreds of years down through the 20th century. The periods of the Qin and Han dynasties began around 221 BC and ended in 220 AD . The Qin Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty to rule all over China. Even though the Qin dynasty did not last that long, the empire had a long lasting impact on Chinese history. Right after the fall of the Qin dynasty, Han dynasty comes in. The Han dynasty lasted 400 years after Qin dynasty. Also during the period of Qin and Han dynasties started to connect China with Romans and western world by the Silk Road. The two dynasties were similar in that both had an idea of an emperor and the two dynasties

The last 100 years of China was nothing but problems. Rebellion, wars and civil wars, pressure from foreigners, and foreign immigrants spreading their ideas and cultures throughout China. China let the foreigners get by with too much and the foreigners took advantage of China's weaknesses. The dynasty got weaker and weaker as timed progressed but China did not go down without a fight.

The Han dynasty is often referred to as the “golden age” for its advancements such as the creation of paper and silk road. During this period, China experienced a time of peace and prosperity, which enabled China to become a major world power (Nelson). Though the Han dynasty was highly influential in the east like how Rome was influential in the west, it eventually fell. It fell due to interior conflicts such as corruption and debauchery as well as exterior conflicts such as raids from nomadic groups and lack of funding. With the fall of a great civilization, emerges a time of crisis. After the fall of the Han dynasty, China was divided into three major warring states - Wei, Shu, and Wu, which caused civil unrest for over half a century.

China is one of the Four Ancient Civilizations. China’s long and mysterious history is over 4,000 years. The Chinese dynasties include Shang, Zhou, Han, Tang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. Each dynasty had made contributions to China today. China has the world 's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions.

The fall of the Tang and the song dynasties were both very similar in many ways. First of all the Tang dynasty was a follower of confucianism. They were also well known to be successful in rebuilding the great wall of China and having a successful army, and that is what lead them to flourished for many years. Altho they flourished for many years they still unfortunately fell. The tang fell because their rulers became corrupt with wealth and power and that lead them to being destroyed from the north.

Several years ago, before your time as well as mine history was made. In today's time we don't hear much about how China became China. We don't hear much on their history or how they became to be. There were three important lines of hereditary rulers of China. The Sui Dynasty, The Tang Dynasty and The Song Dynasty.

The Han dynasty was China’s second. It lasted for 400 hundred years, from approximately 206 BC to 220 AD. The Han Dynasty arose mainly when the Qin empire was still in control. During this time, people were rebelling against the Qin, due to it’s harsh rules. This is when rebel Liu Bang, took control of the Han kingdom, conquered the Qin in war, and created the Han dynasty. When it was rising, the Han rulers began to change the way China was governed.

Records of Chinese history can be traced back to around 1766 B.C.E. The Shang Dynasty were the first to record their history. The Shang Dynasty would remain in power until 1059 B.C.E. when they were defeated by the Zhou. The Zhou Dynasty would rule for over a thousand years. No other dynasty has ruled that long. China was ruled by a feudal state until the Qin united the feudal lords. Qin was the first emperor in 221 B.C.E. He was a very harsh ruler. He demanded that the teachings of Confucious be abolished, he ordered the construction of canals, roads, and walls. The building of the wall would be the beginning of the Great Wall. The Qin Dynasty only lasted 3 years. The Han Dynasty would come into power for almost 400 years and built the foundation

We can separate Tang Period into five-part. Tang (618-690), Later Zhou of Empress Wu (690-705), Tang restored (705-755), An Lushan Rebellion (755-863) and Late Tang period (763-907). A lot of people think the glory of China’s Tang Dynasty is a cliché. Why is that? Compared with the political divisions and military unrest in those four centuries, the ruling Li family and loyal officials, at least for the elite, have created an extraordinary period of stability and prosperity. There are many ways to tell whether the dynasty was successful or not. The expansion of power in the provinces allowed the courts in the Tang dynasty to levy sufficient tax revenues with generous cultural support and material expansion. The patronage of religion, the prosperity of the dynasty has made the Tang Dynasty a word known brilliant dynasty and created an unexpected prosperity of the Tang Dynasty’s culture.