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=Dierdrah, Andrew, and David = = __Tang Dynasty __ =

How did the Tang expand politically and culturally expand?... Empress Wu. Who was she? The Examination. Why believe? Poetry and Ceramics. Why care? The Silk road and Grand Canal. So what? CAUSE IT APART OF THE TANG!!!!

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**__How did China sustain there political and culture expansion during the tang dynasty?__** **__China had sustained their political and cultural expansion because they had a very strong leader. The examination system kept them in order and keep power equal, they had the silk roads, which helps them expand there trading and believes.__**



**Examination system** was a long text to prove they were qualified to hole office.This text consisted of many questions such as, Chinese classics, poetry,and legal administrative issues. After you took this test you could be in the government This test will help the government to be better because the people would be smart if they pass his hard test. Also, anyone could take the text even people who were poor, wealthy, farmers, ect. which would make the government more equal. But before this test was created you could only be a part of the government if you were a family descendant or a close family friend.



Empress Wu Zetian is the first and only woman in history to take control of a dynasty. She reduce the army seize and stopped influence of aristocratic military men on the government by replacing them with scholars. She created a secret police force for anyone that would get in her way she would cruelly jail or kill them. The best people would run the government and the people she trusted she would treat fairly. She choose Doaism over Confucianism because Buddhism doesn't believe in woman should be in power.

**Poetry of the Tang Dynasty** was one of the most important things about educashon at that time. At that time the tang dynasty wanted everyone to have a good educashon so the government wanted everyone to be smart, because of the welth there will be more education. this new rule made everyone write poetry and a peice of art work in there home also the scholor afishals. This was very good for the Govenment Officals, because if this went along well, it equald a succsesful career as a offical. This equaled for that person to be distinguished from other scolors. One person that helped the tang dynasty poetry was Du Fu. Du Fu was one of the good chinese poets people thought that Du Fu was regarded to one of the most influechel poets of all time.

**The Grand Canal** increases the central government over the country, 424,000 ton grains where shipped each year on the canal. Moved economic and political to the southern the heart of china and establish the capital.



In central Asia silk was very prized commodity in Rome. In tang astronmy, chemistry, medicine, and the product of fine silk also "Flourised" in celtral asia. A big part of the silk road was Wudi. Wudi was the sixth emporer of the han dynasty. he became one of chinas most famous empirors. Under Wudis rule china expanded its bourders repelling threts from the north and introducing the silk road, a trade
 * Tang Revilal Of The Silk Road **

__Bibliography __

"Empress Wu Zetian". Women In World History 12/7/05

"China" Section .2

"Poetry And Silk Road". Section 2 "China"

East and south Asia Chapter 14