Luoyangde facto 664–683; de jure 683–705 and 904–907Chang’an618–683 and 705–904
Q. What was the capital cities of Tang and Song China like?
— The capital city in the Tang dynasty was Chang’an, a huge trading center, with a population of more than 1 million. The capital city in the Song dynasty was Kaifeng, had just about 1 million people. they had Shopkeepers, government officials, doctors, artists, religious leaders, and entertainers.
Table of Contents
- Q. What was the capital cities of Tang and Song China like?
- Q. What were song cities like in China?
- Q. In what ways were the Tang and Song dynasties in China similar?
- Q. What caused the Tang dynasty to fall?
- Q. What did people in the Tang Dynasty eat?
- Q. What jobs did people have in the Tang Dynasty?
- Q. What came after the Tang Dynasty?
- Q. Who replaced the Tang Dynasty?
- Q. What language did the Tang Dynasty speak?
- Q. Who is the first woman empress of the world?
- Q. Why did Empress Wu kill her daughter?
- Q. What’s higher than an empress?
Q. What were song cities like in China?
The Cities of the Song Like the city in the scroll, the Song capitals boasted a lively street life, with markets, shops, restaurants, and houses right on the street. Some of these buildings were multi-story. Kaifeng did have an external wall, but its population spilled beyond it.
Q. In what ways were the Tang and Song dynasties in China similar?
Answer: They were both economically strong and they both ruled for about 300 years. Both dynasties are considered as golden ages and high points in Chinese civilization by historians.
Q. What caused the Tang dynasty to fall?
There were four reasons leading to Tang’s decline, among which the dominance of the eunuchs, the separatist regions of Fanzhen and clique conflicts were internal factors while peasants’ uprising was the external factor. As the dominance of eunuchs became serious, the military power of central regime was weakened.
Q. What did people in the Tang Dynasty eat?
They liked and ate varieties of turnip, taro, yam, lotus, water chestnut, ginger, and other roots and rhizomes. And they consumed all sorts of leafy vegetables and bamboo shoots, rhubarb, scallions, leeks, and others in the Allium family. They also ate many legumes, most notable were soy, peas, broad, and other beans.
Q. What jobs did people have in the Tang Dynasty?
Most people were farmers. All people were paid for their work, in money, food, or goods. During Tang times, government officials became almost a new social class. In Tang times, anyone could take the exam to become a government official.
Q. What came after the Tang Dynasty?
Historians typically consider the following dynasties to have unified China proper: the Qin dynasty, the Western Han, the Xin dynasty, the Eastern Han, the Western Jin, the Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty, the Wu Zhou, the Northern Song, the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty, and the Qing dynasty.
Q. Who replaced the Tang Dynasty?
Sung Dynasty
Q. What language did the Tang Dynasty speak?
Tang dynasty
| Tang 唐 | |
|---|---|
| Common languages | Middle Chinese |
| Religion | Chinese Buddhism Taoism Chinese folk religion Chinese Nestorian Christianity Chinese Manicheism Zoroastrianism Chinese Islam |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Emperor | |
Q. Who is the first woman empress of the world?
Wu Zetian
Q. Why did Empress Wu kill her daughter?
When Emperor Taizong died, Wu Zetian became a Buddhist nun for a while. But third Tang Emperor Gaozong wanted her for a concubine. It is said Wu Zetian killed her own daughter in order to have the official empress deposed. Once she was empress, she took over official functions and began commanding officials directly.
Q. What’s higher than an empress?
Both emperors and kings are monarchs, but emperor and empress are considered the higher monarchical titles.
