Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty (Chinese:
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China under the Tang Dynasty (teal) circa 663 CE | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Chang'an (618–904) Luoyang (904-907) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language(s) | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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- Li Yuan taking over the throne of the Sui Dynasty | June 18, 618 | ||||||||||||||||||||
- disestablished by Wu Zetian | October 16, 690 | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Re-established | March 3, 705 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Chinese coin, Chinese cash | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tang Dynasty was interrupted briefly by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 16 690 – March 3 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne. |
Duusra websites
badlo- The Tang Dynasty Archived 2010-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, Minnesota State University Emuseum
- The Tang Dynasty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Home of 300 Tang Poems, University of Virginia
- The Tang Dynasty Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at AsianSpiritGallery.
References
badlo- ↑ That dynasty should be clearly distiguished from the Zhou Dynasty that began about 1050 BC