The Song Dynasty (960–1279) was a period of technological advances. It coexisted with the Liao Dynasty (907–1125) in the northeast and the Western Xia Dynasty (1038–1227) in the northwest.
Song dynasty
Accomplishments
- unprecedented economic growth and industrial advance.
- `improved techniques of rice cultivation
- They built some of the biggest cities in the world, such as Kaifeng and Hangzhou
S- their society was very technologically advanced compared to others
P- They had the first ever female ruler
E- they had large amounts of economic growth
C- Neo-Confucianism was the religious belief and political philosophy espoused by most of the bureaucrats
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty (618–907) supplanted the industrious. It flourished culturally for over a century before disaster and conflict slowly brought decline. It disintegrated into the bloody Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–960).
The Tang Dynasty was one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese history. It was the golden age for poetry and painting, and best known for tricolored glazed pottery and woodblock printing.
Accomplishments:
- It had the only female emperor in Chinese history - Wu Zetian
- one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese history.
- They invented gun powder
S- 8 classes-caste system
P- only the higher casts could run for office
E- the economy was super strict when it came to what social caste your in
C- Buddhism was a big factor it he Chinese
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) was China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese Song and Ming dynasties. It was established by Kublai Khan, leader of the vast Mongol Empire, and fell into internal rebellion after it lost touch with its Mongol roots.
Achievements
- They homed marco polo
- the first foreign-led dynasty in ancient China.
- the first to use paper money as the main currency.
S- Mostly Buddhist, eventually turned to Tibetan Buddhism
P- they had Mongolian leaders
E- They used paper money as their main currency, which both of the other dynasty's didn't
C- They went from Tibetan to Mongolian over time
