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2007-04-04 17:42:36 · 8 answers · asked by winnie_wut 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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The Song dynasty (960-1279) follows the Tang (618-906) and the two together constitute what is often called "China's Golden Age."

2007-04-04 17:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by abby 2 · 1 0

China has GDP of 6 trillion (3rd richest) and is expected to overtake the USA in 2020. The urban population standard of living is comparable to western country. China also has the longest civilization in the world, spanning back thousands of years. They also have the 4 great inventions Paper, printing, gunpowder and compass Now is the golden age of China with the economy better then ever and influence all over the world. The main religion is buddhism, taoism, athesim and a majority muslim population in the far west prvinces. China also has more than 50 ethnic minority apart from the "Han Chinese majority" population.

2016-05-17 08:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Tang Dynasty which ruled from around 600-900 AD

2007-04-04 18:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1 0

The 'British Opium' Dynasty.

2007-04-04 17:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

It all depends who you ask. But a Confucian scholar would say everything has gone downhill since the legendary Hsia dynasty.
This golden age stuff is mythology anyway so why not take it straight?

2007-04-04 17:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

OK- so my first answer needs elaboration. It's the Han Dynasty 206 BC–220 AD. I say this because it was one of the most prosperous times during Chinese history.

Straight from wiki:
"Intellectual, literary, and artistic endeavors revived and flourished during the Han Dynasty. The Han period produced China's most famous historian, Sima Qian (145–87 BC?), whose Records of the Grand Historian provides a detailed chronicle from the time of legendary Xia emperor to that of the Emperor Wu (141–87 BC). Technological advances also marked this period. One of the great Chinese inventions, paper, dates from the Han Dynasty, largely attributed to the court eunuch Cai Lun (50 - 121 AD). There were great mathematicians, astronomers, statesmen, and technological inventors such as Zhang Heng (78 - 139 AD) (also largely responsible for the early development of shi (poetry) in China). There was also continuing development in Chinese philosophy, with figures such as Wang Chong (27 - 97 AD), who represented the great intellectual atmosphere of his day.

Several Roman embassies to China are recounted in Chinese history, starting with a Hou Hanshu (History of the Later Han) account of a Roman convoy set out by emperor Antoninus Pius that reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan.

The Han Dynasty was notable also for its military prowess. The empire expanded westward as far as the rim of the Tarim Basin (in modern Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region), making possible relatively secure caravan traffic across Central Asia. The paths of caravan traffic are often called the "Silk Road" because the route was used to export Chinese silk. Chinese armies also invaded and annexed parts of northern Vietnam and northern Korea (Wiman Joseon) toward the end of the 2nd century BC. Han control of peripheral regions was generally insecure, however. To ensure peace with non-Chinese local powers, the Han court developed a mutually beneficial "tributary system." Non-Chinese states were allowed to remain autonomous in exchange for symbolic acceptance of Han overlordship. Tributary ties were confirmed and strengthened through intermarriages at the ruling level and periodic exchanges of gifts and goods."

BTW, the silk road also was started under the Han Dynasty too.

2007-04-04 17:47:11 · answer #6 · answered by N W 2 · 0 1

Tang Dynasty (618 - 906)

2007-04-04 17:45:57 · answer #7 · answered by phoenixparalysis 2 · 0 0

Ming.

2007-04-04 17:45:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

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