Inner and East Asia
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World History [1]
Inner and East Asia (600-1200) Chapter 10 I. The Early Tang Empire A. Tang Origins -The Li family seized power from the Sui family in 618 and created a new yet similar empire. (Kept many of the governing practices but had a decentralized government by giving the local authorities more power) Tang was their created dynastic name.?-The Tang rulers descended from Turkish Elites and they adopted parts of the Turkish culture while incorporating them with Chinese culture and technology. The Confusion civil service system was kept and Chinese military technology was used. However many of the arts and other military weapons came from the Silk Road and Turkish ancestors. B. Buddhism and the Tang Empire