Tang Dynasty

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Tang Dynasty

• By Andy

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• 618 907 AD
• Known as the second greatest dynasty
• Unified a vast territory, to spread its culture
  and to absorb the cultures of surrounding states
  and peoples.
• It was interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty by
  Empress Wu Zetian.
• Tang was founded by the Li family

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• Li Yuan, former governor under the Sui dynasty,
  rose in rebellion after being urged by his second
  son.
• Ruled until 626 before being disposed by his son,
  Li Shimin aka Tang Taizong.
• The Emperor has three administrations they were
  obligated to draft, review and implement
  policies.
• There were 6 divisions under the administration
  that also implemented policies, each were
  assigned a different task.

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Technology, Science and Inventions

• Astronomy calculated the paths of the sun and
  moon and the movement of different
  constellations.
• Math Wang Xitong, a mathematician, wrote his
  book called Qigu Suanjing where he explained the
  solutions of third degree equations.
• Medicine made further improvements in the
  fields of dentistry and inner medicine.
  Discovery of the blood circuit and the digestion
  system.

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Economy

• The Tang Emperors prolonged the Great Canal
  (Yunhe) to transport grain from the rich Yangtse
  area to the north.
• The capital of Changan and Luoyang was fortified
  with wall and moat, the city was divided into
  quarters.
• Reintroduced the equal-land-system it was used
  during the Northern Wei Dynasty.
• Each peasant was given an equal amount of land
  and had to pay three kinds of taxes grain,
  textiles or other materials, and service labor
  and military service.
• Every male adult person was given 80 acres state
  fields, 20 personal fields. Old and sick people
  obtained 40 personal fields, widows given 30
  state fields, and as owner an additional 20
  personal fields. Priests or monks obtained 20
  state fields and craftsmen 10 states fields.
• The Amount of lended field depends on the rank it
  increases.
• In other words the higher the rank the more
  higher the acres.

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Downfall

• Regional military governors took advantage of
  their increasing power and began to function more
  like independent regimes on their own right.
• Natural causes such as droughts and famine due to
  internal corruptions and incompetent emperors
  contributed to the rise of a series of
  rebellions.
• The Huang Chao rebellion lasted 10 years before
  it was suppress.
• In 907, after almost 300 years in power, the
  dynasty ended when one of the military governors,
  Zhu Wen, disposed the last emperor and took the
  throne for himself and formed a new dynasty
  called The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
  Period.