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    The Song dynasty In this essay I will talk about how the Song dynasty was successful in the period of time that they ruled in. I will talk about how they were successful in technology, trade, conquering land and institution. Some information you will first need to know: The Song dynasty ruled in two time periods. It was the Northern Song from 960-1127 AD. The second time period was the Southern Song and they ruled from 1127- 1279 AD. During the Song dynasty China was the most advanced

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    resemblances of The Empire is The Song Dynasty which begins from 960 to 1279 and share a common barbarian enemies known as the mongols who are from Mongolia which is north of China. The Song Dynastie follows many of The Empires principles that eventually causes internal demolition. There is a reason why In mandarin the word “China” literally translated into center country. The high respect associated to the chinese culture in every dynasty, especially the golden Song dynasty is comparable to The Empire

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    the rest of China and he set up the Sui dynasty as which followed a traditional Chinese core. Wendi won the hearts of the people by lowering taxes and building granaries to have a secure food supply. Sui Excesses and Collapse Wendi had a son, Yangdi who was set out to strengthen what his father started, he conquered more nomads and secured more land, refined the laws and the Confucian educational system. Scholarly bureaucrats

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    Before the Song Dynasty became the most powerful dynasty in China, there was an upstart military commander that dethrone the last Tang emperor in 907. China divided itself into divisions once again. North China had Five Dynasties while the South separated in ten regimes. Zhao Kuangyin was the leader of the Song Dynasty before it became one. He lead an army north against a rumored Kitan invasion. is officers entered his residence on the second morning of the march and hailed him as emperor. Once Zhao

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    As a member of Liao Cheng, Shandong, I’m very honored to became the head of Liao Cheng Tourism Department. I grew up here and I love everything in here. At first, I want to introduce my hometown-Liao Cheng-briefly for you. Liao Cheng, also known as the Water City, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is a prefecture-level city. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the province

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    influential issue in Chinese history. After the Eastern Han Dynasty 東漢 (25-220) collapsed, China fall into chaos and three kingdoms gradually stood out. The “legitimacy competition” primarily occurred between the Cao Wei and the Shu Han Dynasty 蜀漢 (221-263). The mighty Cao Wei occupied most of the Central Plain while the Shu Han Dynasty declared to share the same ruling house with the previous dynasty, the allegedly legitimate Han Dynasty. Traditional Chinese scholarly opinions concerning the Three

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    The Foguang Si Pagoda was constructed in 1056 during the Liao dynasty in China. The Foguang Si Pagoda was constructed at Yingxian in the Shanxi Province. It also goes by two other names: The Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, and the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple. At the time this pagoda was the tallest building ever constructed entirely out of wood, at nine stories tall, or 216 feet. It was also recently officially given of “Tallest Wooden Pagoda” by Guinness World Records. The construction of

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    The Tang empire was originally the Sui dynasty. The Li family had seen an opportunity to take over due to an outbreak of chaos happening in the Sui dynasty, and renamed it the Tang empire. Li Shimin (r. 626-649), an emperor of this new dynasty, had decided to extend his power into Inner Asia, expanding the empire. The Tang empire had a formidable army and impressive art works that contribute to their achievements, and lasted from 618 to 907 C.E. After the decline of the Tang empire, three new states

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    accompanied with a slight sense of horror, yet romantic and touching. In the eyes of westerns, ghost is always associated with the word “haunted” or “demon”, nothing but clichés about spirit making fun of people and exorcist help people out. However, Liao Zhai Zhi Yi, the greatest ghost story compilation in Chinese history, is far from exorcism and scary scenes, on the contrary, it largely describes beautiful bitter-sweet love stories between scholars and female ghosts, which they played very important

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    hand, the zaju appears as a phenomenon resulting from a combination of cultures over a long period of time. Developed during the Northern Song Dynasty,[4] the zaju theater was further popularized during the subsequent Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), founded by the Mongol Empire under the leadership of Kublai Khan (1215-1294). Although it was the first non-Han dynasty to rule all of China, varying musico-ethnic influences had already made a profound effect upon the culture of China, most relevantly in terms

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