persia_chart_10_tang_and_song.doc
Tang and Song Dynasties in China Time Period Tang dynasty ? A.D. 618-907; Song dynasty ? A.D. 960-1279 Geographic Description The vast land expanses of China include plateaus, plains, basins, foothills, and mountains The highest mountains are located in the west (Himmalayas) China has numerous rivers and lakes The Yangtze, the longest in China and even in Asia, is the third-longest in the world The Yellow River is just behind the Yangtze, both flowing into the Pacific Ocean Tang was larger in size than Song Political Early Tang monarchs fully restored the imperial bureaucracy, which the Confucian scholar-gentry continued to dominate; brought back civil service exam from the Han; considered a Confucian Renaissance