The Importance Of The Tang Dynasty

The era of the Han dynasty in China, simply referred to as ‘Han China,’ was an extremely prominent one, with power that almost rivaled the Romans themselves. During this period of China, achievements and accomplishments reached new heights as the Silk Road opened, which allowed connection with the western world. However, even with all this, Han China still fell, thanks to opposing forces in the form of nomadic tribes, several natural disasters that were interpreted as angry messages from the gods, and internal/political unrest. During the Han dynasty and the opening of the Silk Road, there were several aggressive, nomadic tribes that centered around the Asian area.

This leads into the ideas of the fourth primary source. As the Han dynasty became prudent, the officials had constructed a goal of enhancing the government by supporting the "Legalist" idea of an autocratic state. Ideologies of

Han and Yuan Dynasty: how it changed the religion The Han and Yuan dynasties were very different. The role of the chinese religion affected these dynasties in many ways. The Yuan dynasty was the biggest empire in China. This empire included Monglos. Monglos empire believed in making a dynasty.

The ideals and methods of Tang China and Charlemagne’s government, both are powerful political figures of their time. Each government has their own similarities and differences that make them unique and suited to the areas they ruled. Starting with Tang China, the ideal ruler was known as the "Son of Heaven" and was believed to rule by the Mandate of Heaven. The ideal ruler was expected to be wise and follow the Confucian principles, and ruling with the welfare of the people in mind. In Tang China, the ruler was expected to be benevolent and just, taking care of the welfare of the people(Lecture).

The three aspects that were most molded in these centuries were religion, technology and, in turn, society. Religion in China was constantly changing and blending during the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasty. Buddhist influence and Confucian knowledge made up the government's ideologies during the Sui/Tang Era, later Daoist and Confucian rivals rethought Buddhist philosophy and allowed for the rebirth of old traditions with modern aspects and innovation. Technology during these eras were constantly in motion the Tang dynasty mostly left ideas that the Song dynasty perfected over time.

In the period of prosperity, the Song dynasty and the Tang dynasty are similar with their ways in which they fought to be safe from other armies and smart when working to improve their dynasty. In the dynastic cycle, the Song and Tang dynasty showed similar periods of prosperity. In the beginning, the Song dynasty was very successful. Due to the period of rebellion that tore apart the Tang dynasty, The Songs decided they would have a test so they could only have the strongest army to prevent any period of rebellion.

The two dynasties, the Ming and the Han were both excellent during their period of Prosperity. The two dynasties excelled when it came towards better government education and a whole lot more. I will first give you an example on the Han dynasty, After their previous ruler costed multiple lives of the Han a man named Liu Bang won and he became the new ruler of China and the Han dynasty's first emperor. The Han had helped established a new political system, which basically meant the government administrators took control of states instead of giving the power to a individual ruler. The Han also followed the ideas of Confucianism by believing that their ruler was a father over them and they should not be lead by force.

Weak-leadership and corruption weakened both empires causing it to be a key factor to their falls. For instance during the Han Dynasty Pingdi was the chosen successor to emperor Aidi, who died 1BCE, was only 9 years-old and acted as a mere puppet for court official Wang Mang, whom also chose the following successors

The Chinese development of technological advances, allowed the era of the Tang, and the Song dynasty to bring about a social, political, and urban change. The Chinese found new techniques in Agriculture and farming rice. This allowed for more growth and spreading of population in the regions. As the population grew, people were interest in new jobs and careers in the markets. So, they sought out jobs such as shop sellers, blacksmiths, metallurgy, fishing, and government work.

The Hsia Dynasty considered the first dynasty in China. However this dynasty is legendary because there is little archeological evidence to support existence. It is dated from 2205 BCE to 1760 BCE. According to the legend Yu was the wise king who invented a way to control flooding of the Huang He River so that people could live there. Since there is very little evidence to support the story, the second dynasty, called the Shang Dynasty, is the first one recorded

China, up until the Qin Dynasty, consisted of independent states controlled by kings fighting each other for land and power. This time period was called The Era of Warring States, which lasted two hundred years. After this time, the Qin Dynasty rose to power. They conquered all other dynasties, and established a centralized government, unifying China for the first time. The dynasty that succeeded the Qin, the Han, continued the centralized government and they started a westward expansion that would encourage trade and cultural diffusion.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were two of many dynasties in China. They were also in fact, the last two dynasties. The Ming dynasty ruled from 1368-1644, and the Qing empire ruled from 1644-1912. Both dynasties had long lasting eras of power because of strong framework from influential leaders. The Ming dynasty had Zhu Yuanzhang who was a successful war leader.

The Qin dynasty emerged during the Warring States Period. Perhaps due to their tenuous hold on power, at least initially, the Qin dynasty was guided by Legalist principles. Legalism tends to foster a strong, central government capable of maintaining power. This resulted in the reunification of China after centuries of fighting. The Qin dynasty tends to have a distinctly negative image garnished upon it by most historians.

Secondly the similarities of both of them. The first similarity is that they both did something to make their economic systems bigger. Also both of the dynasties did something to make a certain type of system like a political system or a economic system. Thirdly the Tang had some differences to first of all Li yuan the duke of Tang successfully defeated rivals for more of the control of China.

By tracing trends across the Qing’s illustrious history, it allows the reader to better grasp the revisionist interpretation that he posits, instead of simplistically allocating the award of most influential factor of leading to China’s modernisation as well as the Qing’s fall to the Western powers. It is notable, however, to observe that, despite his revisionist view, Rowe still titles his book China’s Last Empire. The Great Qing. By using the term ‘last’, Rowe seems to still be close to the implicit narrative of China’s ‘failure’ as seen in other orthodox interpretations such as Frederic Wakeman’s ‘The Fall of Imperial China. Despite this seeming setback however, Rowe’s book is extremely useful in exploring the binary of historiography and history, while elaborating immensely on the Qing’s