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AGRICULTURE
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
TRADE
Tang &
Song dynasty
ART
1.
2.
3.
4.
SOCIETY
How did Tang rulers change China?
How was the Song Dynasty related to the Tang Dynasty?
Name three advances in technology.
What social changes occurred in China during the Tang and Song
periods?
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Gunpowder
Movable type print
Advance in sailing
Magnetic compass
Paper money
AGRICULTURE
Developed a fast
Growing rice
Tang &
Song dynasty
ART
Daoist influence
(landscapes)
Black paint
TRADE
Tang guarded Silk Road
(Sui) Built Grand Canal
Ocean trade routes
Tea arrived from
Southeast Asia
SOCIETY
New upper class called
Gentry
Women lost power
(foot binding)
1. How did Tang rulers change China?
Tang rulers made the government stronger, reduced taxes for the poor
and hired Confucian scholars to run the empire.
2. How was the Song Dynasty related to the Tang Dynasty?
Song Dynasty took the place of the Tang.
3. Name three advances in technology.
movable type, gunpowder, advances in farming, development of a fast
growing rice, magnetic compass
4. What social changes occurred in China during the Tang and Song periods?
Old noble families lost power, gentry gained power, women lost power