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The Song dynasty as well as China in general is best known for its advanced technology, or significant achievements. Specifically gunpowder which was essential, because Song military engineers found gunpowder to have revolutionized warfare. It originally was developed by the Taoists for medical purposes, and was used for warfare at around 904 CE. Around the start of the Song dynasty, it spread throughout most parts of Eurasia (Europe and Asia) around the 13th century which is when the Song dynasty basically ended.

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The Song Dynasty was a period of great invention. There are a lot of important inventions still using it on now, such as gunpowder, moveable type and compass. The invention of moveable type allowed for printing documents and books, compass is good for ships and navigation, and gunpowder affect a whole war to use better weapon

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chinese woman had their feet bounded to the shoe because it was like being a high-class courtesan the youngest did it the most since it was at this time where people had their bones more moving they made them smaller and restricted there growth it was not only attractive but very painful

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Sacha Lerda (post  1) Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty was usually divided up between Northern Song and the Southern Song. The Song Dynasty was created by a general named Zhao Kuangyin. Northern Song Fell because of Emperor Taizu made his scholars lead his army and then the Jin people took over. During the Song Dynasty is when rice became such a important crop for the Chinese. Tea also became very popular because of the Emperor Huizong and his love of drinking tea.         

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Sacha Lerda (post  1) Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty was usually divided up between Northern Song and the Southern Song. The Song Dynasty was created by a general named Zhao Kuangyin. Northern Song Fell because of Emperor Taizu made his scholars lead his army and then the Jin people took over. During the Song Dynasty is when rice became such a important crop for the Chinese. Tea also became very popular because of the Emperor Huizong and his love of drinking tea.         

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Foot-binding was a thing that people did on young girls in Tang Dynasty to restrict their normal growth and make their feet as small as possible. for some reason this was attractive the effects of the process were painful and permanent.

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in the song dynasty, great advancments were made in the fields of science and technology. by the year 1000, the chinese had aquired early bombs and grenades. they also perfected hydraulic systems. they even invented printing presses four hundered years before the innovations in europe. the song printed scriptues and books, laws and many other things. many of these printed artifacts survive to this day, and are very beautiful too look at.

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The Tang Dynasty started between 618-907 CE. This was during the Middle Ages and the Tang Dynasty was considered one of the most advanced civilizations in the Middle Ages.  Many discoveries where made such as science, art, philosophy, and technology.

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The period of rule under the Song dynasty was a time of great advancements and invention. Some of the most important inventions in the history of Ancient China were made during this time including moveable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass.
The invention of moveable type allowed for mass printings of documents and books. Millions of copies were made of some popular books allowing books to become affordable to everyone. Other products were printed on paper in great quantities including paper money, playing cards, and calendars.
For several centuries the Chinese economy had grown spectacularly: “Between ... 960 and ... 1127, China passed through a phase of economic growth that was unprecedented in earlier Chinese history, perhaps in world history up to this time. It depended on a combination of commercialization, urbanization, and industrialization that has led some authorities to compare this period in Chinese history with the development of early modern Europe six centuries later.

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Chinese women bound their feet. This was the only way for them to be a high-class courtesan. This would give her a high status and a better life quality for her family. Eventually it became a standard for beauty for women during the Song Dynasty. It became a widespread custom. Young girls do this for the rest of their lives. They think it makes then beautiful. It gives them really small feet. It was really painful for them and after a while the small and irregular feet became a permanent thing. It was only banned around 1912.

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The period of the Song dynasty was a time of great advancements and invention. There were many very important inventions made. These inventions were the moveable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass. The moveable type allowed for mass printing of books and important documents and also made it easier to make paper money. The magnetic compass was really important for ships and navigation. They made many large ships which had large onboard catapults that could toss huge rocks at their enemies. The compass made it way easier to travel around and made maps a lot easier to use. Gunpowder had a huge lasting impact on warfare. They used it to make bombs, rockets, and fire arrows. The Mongols eventually copied their ideas and used it against them.

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A military leader called Zhao Kuangyin. The Northern Song and after the North was invaded by Jurchen tribes. There was a southern Song where when Tai Zu came to power he expanded the civil service examination service. The Northern Song was in very frequent Battles to expand its power and to show it has the dominant power. They kept on invading the other kingdoms till the kingdoms came together and became the Jurchens. They then conquered the capital city and then made it the Jin dynasty. This made the Song dynasty move shouth.

Once the southern Song dynasty came rice production went up because the farmers got ownership of land. The economy changed from an agricultural one to a commercial one with people selling their surfaces to buy goods. With the growth of the economy the population also grew. At this time there were many different inventions made to name two there was the magnetic compass and gunpowder.

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The arts flourished under the Song dynasty. Poetry and literature were especially popular with the invention of moveable type and the availability of books to many people. Painting and the performing arts were also very popular. A high value was put on education and many of the nobles were very well educated.

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In the Song Dynasty, China has created many advancements and inventions. For example, gun powder and the magnetic compass. Gun powder was mostly used for fireworks back then and the compass was a more advanced way of boating and navigation. The Song dynasty had the first standing navy in world history. They built large ships over 300 feet long that had watertight compartments and onboard catapults that could toss huge rocks onto their enemies.

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During the Song Dynasty, rice was a very important crop. Drought-resistant and fast growing rice was introduced in Southern China. This new type of rice allowed farmers to harvest 2 times in one year which doubles the amount of rice they can get.

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Foot Binding

Foot binding is a very popular thing in Song Dynasty. Young girls do this for the rest of her life. The reason they do it is that they think of beauty. After they do this their feet will become smaller every day and it can be painful and a permanent thing. But in 1912 it was banned.

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Culture

People in Song Dynasty made crops and tea a very important thing. Rice because it was fast-growing and tea because Emperor Huizong likes it. Since he really loves tea, he even wrote a book called "Treatise on Tea".

Paintings, literature, and poetry is a really important thing for their culture too. They were very popular since it's a moveable invention.

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During 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, China was the most advance place in the world. Population of Song Dynasty grew so fast that every time the cities changes.

For several centuries it had grown between 960-1127. The technology in Song Dynasty was really good.

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The bound feet of Chinese women was the only way for her to be a high-class courtesan, gain high status and a better quality of life for her family. Foot binding had become a standard of beauty for women during the Song Dynasty. It became a widespread custom then.

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The Song dynasty was the second greatest medieval period of China. But unlike the Tang, it coexisted uneasily with a few powerful rivals up north. These rivals were the Khitan Tartars of Manchuria and Mongolia.

The Jurchen people of Central Asia, who intent on conquering China but could not be influenced. While the Song dynasty managed to recapture and develop much of the glory of the Tang, it did suffer a blow in 1127 when the Jurchen took the capital of Kaifeng, and sent the Song Chinese administration southward, to establish the Southern Song capital at Hangzhou which is near modern Shanghai. Still, the Northern Song while it lasted and the Southern Song from 1127 until 1279 achieved incredible feats of learning, science, art, and philosophy.

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The rule under the Song dynasty was a time of advancement. Some advancements were growing rice,making books and making silk. This new rice allowed farmers to have two harvests every single year. Later on tea became popular during this time and has grown widely.  The Emperor Huizong loved tea so much that he wrote the famous "Treatise on Tea" which was about the tea ceremony in detail. Rice and tea became the common food and drink during the Song Dynasty.

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The Song Dynasty was usually divided up between Northern Song and the Southern Song. The Song Dynasty was created by a general named Zhao Kuangyin. Northern Song Fell because of Emperor Taizu made his scholars lead his army and then the Jin people took over.

During the Song Dynasty is when rice became such a important crop for the Chinese. Tea also became very popular because of the Emperor Huizong and his love of drinking tea.

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The Song dynasty ruled Ancient China from 960 to 127CE. It was the most advanced civilization in the world at that time.  The Song dynasty was a time of great invention such as . printing, the magnetic compass and gunpowder were especially invented during this time. Millions of copies of books were made, and became affordable to everyone. Also, paper money, playing cards, and calendars were available to everyone. With the invention of the magnetic compass, boating and navigation were made easier. As a result, the Song dynasty built large ships and had a great navy. Lastly, the

The Song dynasty invented gunpowder. Gunpowder enabled them to develop bombs, rockets, and other weapons of mass destruction. So, they became better at fighting their battles, but somehow the Mongols were able to find the receipt to make gun power and they copied it and made their own.

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One of the greatest achievements of the Song Dynasty is art. Advances in landscape and portrait painting heightened the visual arts during the Song Dynasty. The elite engaged in the arts as accepted pastimes of the cultured scholar-official, including painting, composing poetry, and writing calligraphy.

And this process was accelerated by one man called Zhang Zeduan.
Zhang Zeduan was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty. He lived during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song, and was instrumental in the early history of the Chinese landscape art style known as shan shui.
One of the famous artwork that he drew is Along the River During Qingming Festival scroll.

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During the Northern Song, Taoism saw a resurgence. The Great philosopher Zhu Xi taught students a new and "purer" version of Confucianism, called Neo-Confucianism. This philosophy tried to get the Confucianism of the past, while also getting new ideas on philosophy. It taught people proper Chinese views of the cosmos and provided answers for the "bigger" questions in life. Most of it's ideas and practices are alive today, and have had a notable impact on other societies in Korea and Japan.

Song Dynasty artists explored new themes and techniques in painting and ceramics. The Song's interest in science and observation led to large paintings that explore the world with fine detail. New glazes and porcelain techniques flourished. Ordinary and educated people were also exposed to art and literature through a new invention of printing.

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Most Chinese during and before the Tang ate wheat, millet, and drank wine, making them more Western than Eastern. Also, tea and rice became the main food and drink during the Song.

Technology during the Song was highly advanced in fields such as agriculture, printing, and iron working. The population grew rapidly in this time, making more and more people live in cities. To add to that, the population tends to "explode" at certain times; it's first explosion during the Song.

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The Song Dynasty started in 960 AD and lasted over 300 years. It was founded by a general named Zhao Kuangyin (Taizu). It was split into two periods; the Southern Song and the Northern Song.

The Song wasn't very strong military, unlike it's Tong dynasty predecessor. Thus making the Northern Song period marked by battles with neighboring kingdoms. These would eventually lead up to the Jurchen people conquering the capital Kai Tong, which then set up the Jin dynasty.

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The Song dynasty was founded by a general named Zhao Kuangyin. Legend has it that his troops no longer wanted to serve the current emperor and begged Zhao to wear the yellow robe. After refusing three times he took the robe and became Emperor Taizu, which meant establishing the Song dynasty.
Emperor Taizu reunited parts of China under his rule. However, he also appointed some scholars to lead his army. This weakened his army and eventually caused the fall of the Northern Song to the Jin peoples.

Poetry and literature were especially popular, With the invention of moveable type and the availability of books to many people. Painting and the performing arts were also quite popular then. A lot of value was put on education and many of the nobles were well educated.

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The Tang Dynasty occurred between 610 CE and 910 CE. It marked the beginning of the Middle Ages in China and preceded the Song Dynasty. The two dynasties together are considered the "Golden Age of Chinese Arts & Culture." Its Buddhist faith and strong governmental system (the Sui model) allowed for its power and influence to spread easily across Asia.

The dynasty only fell apart because Zhu Wen, a strong military leader, wanted to become emperor himself. He deposed the well-loved emperor who died soon after by poisoning. China then suffered the turmoil of a new, aggressive leader. This soon gave rise to the Song Dynasty which helped to reestablish order in China.