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The road before...the road1 Topic|1 Quiz
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Between nomads and Achaemenids
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Timeline of China1 Topic
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The search for "flying horses"
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Rome and the Parthians, discovery of silk1 Topic
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The Tangs1 Topic
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Turks in Central Asia2 Topics
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The arrival of the Arabs3 Topics
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China under the Song
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Genghis Khan and the Mongols
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Tamerlane and the Timurids
Lesson 9 of 11
In Progress
China under the Song
China under the Song, 960-1279
The Tang Dynasty is one of the great periods of China's development.
Under the Song, several great inventions were developed.
Paper money is perhaps the most interesting (even though it appears in the late Tang).
the boats will be equipped with rudders
But a division between the North and South part of China. The Song will be forced to retreat to the Song due to pressure from the Jin and Xixia nomads (?)
Southern Song (1127-1279), capital Lin'an (Hangzhou)
The Khmer empire and its capital Angkor are at the peak of their economic and political development.