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Song Dynasty - key people/ideas/inventions that came out of this time period

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Song Dynasty - key people/ideas/inventions that came out of this time period

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Song scientists advanced the state of world knowledge about the geography of the empire and of the world, astronomy, magnetism and the compass, mechanical engineering, architecture, chemistry, and other subjects. Shen Kuo (1031–1095), a Song Dynasty scientist, was the first to describe the declination of the magnetic needle. Shen Kuo also described that a Song printer made thin ceramic characters himself; then he arranged these on a block to form printable text. He said that the method wasn't useful for printing just a few sheets of text, but for hundreds of sheets, the method was fast and economical.

The Song alchemists/chemists were especially good at concocting dozens of varieties of different kinds of gunpowder to use for different purposes. The Song used varieties of gunpowder in rockets including multistage rockets, guns, cannons, chemical warfare weapons, and bombs. Gunpowder became powerful enough to make dangerous weapons.

By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty - Location of significant buildings or sites related to the dynasty

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Song Dynasty - Location of significant buildings or sites related to the dynasty

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The Song Dynasty built their tallest wooden pagoda at Bianjing. It was 360 feet (110 metres) tall! But most of their tall towers were built in the capital cities of Kaifeng and Hangzhou. The best surviving example of monumental scale Song construction is the Iron Pagoda in Kaifeng. It was built almost 1,000 years ago in the year 1049 of brick and wood.

By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty - Location of the state boundaries during that Dynasty

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Song Dynasty - Location of the state boundaries during that Dynasty

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By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty - Location of the state boundaries during that Dynasty

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Song Dynasty - Location of the state boundaries during that Dynasty

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By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty - Location and dates of conflicts related to the expansion and maintenance of the expanded areas

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Song Dynasty - Location and dates of conflicts related to the expansion and maintenance of the expanded areas

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Before the arrival of the Jurchens the Song dynasty was for centuries engaged in a stand-off against the Western Xia and the Khitan Liao Dynasty the neighboring dynasties. Eventually the Song dynasty developed a military alliance with the Jurchens for the purpose of annihilating the Liao.

In 1121–1123, Song forces struggled against the Liao, but the Jurchens succeeded in driving the Liao to central Asia. Throughout the campaign, the Jurchens discovered weaknesses in the Song military based in the north. Song forces had failed to make a joint attack in a siege with the Jurchens, who viewed the Song generals as incompetent and lazy.

By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty -  Migration of people into the area

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Song Dynasty -  Migration of people into the area

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Most of the migration patterns are around how the people from northern China migrated to the southern Song Dynasty. The Chinese people migrated to improve their lifestyle.

By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara

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Song Dynasty - Expansion of China into the area

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Song Dynasty - Expansion of China into the area

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The Dynasty's land was divided into two regions: Northern Song and Southern Song. When it was northern song, the capital was Bianjing which controlled now of what is eastern China.

By Tanaz, Veronica & Zara