GHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 22Outline of Last Lecture - South China o Agricultureo Innovation in the crops - Tang Dynasty o Emperor Gaozo o Emperor Taizong o Reign of Taizong Society in the Taizong empire - Xuanzang - Empress Wu Outline of Current Lecture II. Kaiyuan III. GovernmentIV. Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Current Lecture- Flourishing age of Kaiyuan (713-741)o “There was no expensive commodities in the empire. In the two capitals, the price of rice was less than 20 coins per 14 lbs, the price of flour was 32 coins … Merchants could safely travel for thousands of miles without carrying one inch of blade… This is the heyday of the Tang Empire.”- Government oThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Ethnic and Cultural Diversity o Cosmopolitan Chang’ano Use of non-Chineseo Silk Roado Cultural encounterso “Early
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