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=Tang Dynasty﻿ =

Dates: 618-907. Dynasty: Family rule. Mandate of heaven: An authoritative command or instruction. By: Rebecca Bonenfant, & Hannah Em(= **//After over three centuries //** of disunion, China was reunified by a general of the Northern Zhou dynasty in 589. He founded the Sui dynasty, which, while short-lived, revived or established many important institutions that were to define imperial China. For example, the Grand Canal was built during the Sui, and linked the agriculturally-rich regions of the south with the north. A law code was also written, and this served as the basis of the Tang Code, which in turn was influential throughout East Asia. The Sui also restructured and centralized the government bureaucracy. **//The general Li Yu //** usurped the throne from the Sui ruling house and founded the Tang dynasty in 618. His son,Li Shimin(known as Tang Taizong), forced him from the throne in 626, and is generally considered a co-founder of the Tang dynasty. The Tang began as an expansionist dynasty, successfully annexing territory in the northwest and securing the western portions of the Silk Road, but unsuccessful in several military campaigns in Korea. Tang cultural influence spread far beyond the region under its political control, especially to Korea and Japan. The Tang dynasty was open to new cultures as well, and the capital Chang'an was a truly cosmopolitan city. There were different quarters for foreigners, including Koreans and merchants from Central Asia, India, and the Middle East. Central Asia fashions, games and habits were embraced. Buddhist monasteries, Nestorian churches, and Daoist temples were evidence of great religious diversity, and Islam, Judaism, Manichaeism, and Zoroastrianism also had a presence in the capital. This was a great age for Buddhism, as monks like Xuanzang made pilgrimages to India in search of texts and teachings. Within China, new schools of Buddhist thought emerged, shaping a uniquely Chinese interpretation of the religion. Many new cave temples at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang were excavated and painted, and remain visual monuments to the tradition. The Tang dynasty is perhaps most famous for its poets: not only did Li Bai, Bai Juyi,  __Two Important Facts﻿﻿﻿ __ The Tang dynasty is considered by many people to be the golden age of Chinese civilization. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Tang Dynasty was centered in Chang'an, a city established by the Han dynasty on the ruins of Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s capital of Xian and developed by Sui emperor Wen Tu. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;">__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Two Important People __ <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Li Yuan: The first emperor of the Tang Dynasty. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wei Zheng: The best-known government advisor of the Tang Dynasty

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">__Why they are important__ The tong dynasty did a lot for china.They extended the boundaries of China through Siberia in the North, Korea in the east, and were in what is now Vietnam in the South. They even extended a corridor of control along the Silk Road well into modern-day Afghanistan. Tang dominance in politics, economics, foreign relations, and military power perhaps made them the greatest civilization of their time. To this day, people in some countries still refer to the Chinese as Tang people. Education as important and Tang women were granted the same rights to, and opportunities for, education as men. The Tang dynasty did a lot for China and it’s people <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

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