Tang+and+Song+China

Tang and Song China


 * Tang || Song || Shared ||
 * *Trade and commerce were developed


 * Grand canal linked civbilizations in the north with the Yangtze river


 * Horses persian rugs, and tapestries were imported


 * Allowed for social mobility through the imperial examination system, which let young men rise in powerin the bureaucratic system


 * Women had a lot of rights and social status. || *Urban centers: towns grew into cities


 * Bureaucracy was filled with well paid officials with little work to do.


 * Complementary lovers


 * Educated but meek and dainty


 * Power only within private sphere


 * Virtue and virginity were prized


 * suppressed women


 * Gained popularity soley in its dynasty


 * stressed woman's rols as a homemaker


 * were not tolerantt of buddhists || *Both dynasties used the grand canal for internal trade and to supple millet and rice in the bulk to the south.


 * With trade expanding banking started to form. Flying money, which prevented theft on journeys.

Practiced footbinding Unfair double standards about pre-marital sex Disagreed with Buddhist ideas of women ||

