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119684260Chang'anSui and Tang capital0
119684261Grand CanalSui built to facilitate communication and trade with the south. Links Yellow and Yangzi rivers.1
119694212Fall of SuiOverextension in public works projects and military.2
119694213Li ShiminTended power primarily toward western Asia3
119694214Tang EmpireEmpire unifying China. Began by Li family in 6184
119694215Governing Practices of TangRetained Sui practices, but avoided overcentralization by allowing local nobles, gentry, officials, and religious establishments to exercise significant power.5
119694216Tang emperors and nobility descended from...Turkic elites that lived in northern China after the Han, and Chinese officials and settlers who moved there.6
119694217Tang ArtLarge pottery figurines of horses and camels used along Silk Road.Chinese potters invented colored glazes.7
119694218Tang WarfareCombined Chinese weapons, the crossbow and armored infantrymen, with Inner Asian horsemanship and iron stirrups.8
119694219Mahayana Buddhism "AKAs""Great Vehicle" Buddhism and "Missionary" Buddhism.9
119694220Mahayana Buddhism FactsBodhisattvas, adaptation of local gods, and translating of texts into local languages which appealed to different societies and classes of people.10
119694221Mahayana Buddhism EffectsInvigorated travel, language learning, and cultural exchange.11
119694222Monasteries during the Tang recieved...Tax exemptions, land privileges, and gifts.12
119694223Monastic leaders gave...to Tang princesPrayers, counsel aristocrats to support them, and contribute monastic wealth to war chests.13
119694224Tang expansion westward led toContacts with Central Asia and India increasing14
119694225Chang'an under TangBecame continentwide system of communication15
119694226Effects of Tang expansionComplexity of Buddhist influence throughout China and influences of other countries' cultures and goods.16
119694227Chang'an connected to Canton byWell-maintained roads and water transport17
119694228Chang'an became center of theTributary System18
119694229Tributary System DefinitionPolitical relationship in which independent countries acknowledged the Chinese emperor's supremacy19
119694230Tributary System How it WorkedEach tributary state sent embassies to pay tribute20
119694231Embassies used asMeans of accessing the Chinese trading system21
119694232Population of Chang'anOver a million22
119728561Things found in Chang'anRestaurants, inns, temples, mosques, and street stalls.23
119728562Curfew: Time and What Happened8 to 10 pm, commoners returned to their neighborhoods.24
119728563Chang'an neighborhoodsEnclosed in brick walls and wooden gates locked by guards to control crime25

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