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Chapter 14 Section 2. Tang and Song Achievements. Question: How long have they (China) been communist?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter 14 Section 2Tang and Song Achievements
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Question: How long have they (China) been communist?
The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded on July 1, 1921 in Shanghai, China. After 28 years of struggle, the CPC finally won victory of "new-democratic revolution" and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. The CPC is the ruling party of mainland China (P.R. China).
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Advances in Agriculture Chinese civilization always based on
agriculture Grew wheat, barley, rice, & grains
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Advances in Agriculture During Song Dynasty farming improved New irrigation helped farmers
Underground wells Dragon backbone pump
Allowed one person to do the work of several
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Advances in Agriculture
Increased the amount of farmed landFarms more productive
New fast growing rice Could get 2-3 crops in one growing
season Grew new crops efficiently such as
cotton Tea production increased
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Advances in AgricultureSurplus agricultural items were
taxed giving gov’t more moneyMerchants traded surplus cropsFood was plentifulPopulation grew quickly
Went from 60million to 100 million
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Cities and Trade During the Tang and
Song dynasties food came into the cities from the countryside
Cities were busy and crowded Tang capital city Population over 1
million Largest city in the
world in its time Religious &
philosophical center
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Trade in China and Beyond Trade and agriculture made China
richer than ever Traders used rivers to ship goods
within China Especially the Grand Canal
Construction began under the Sui Improved and expanded under the
Tang
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Trade in China and Beyond During Tang dynasty most foreign trade
used land routes Silk was their most valuable Favorite Fast Talker
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Trade in China and Beyond During the Song Dynasty sea trade
became important Pacific ports were opened to foreign
traders They also developed porcelain during
the Song Dynasty
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Trade in China and Beyond
Huge amounts of trade strengthened the economy
Porcelain- a thin beautiful type of pottery
Song invented the first paper money to ease trade
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Artists and Poets Artists & writers of the Tang Dynasty
were some of China’s greatest Wu Daozi (DOW-tzee) painted murals Li Bo and Du Fu wrote poetry Li Qingzhao (ching-Zhow) considered
China’s greatest female poet
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Artists and Poets Artists made exquisite clay figures Also made porcelain items glazed with
celadon
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Important Inventions Tang
Woodblock Printing Gunpowder Compass
Song Movable type Paper money
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