TANG SONG ++ productivity ?? Chang’an 2 mil. 30 sq. m.
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CHAPTER 14
TANG
SONG
AGRICULTURE ++ productivity
??
Chang’an2 mil.30 sq. m.
Cosmopolitan ReligionCulture
InventionsPaper (Han)Porcelain
“china”
TANG TECHNOLOGY Gunpowder
Origins, Han
Printing
SONG DYNASTY
Capital
Markets
Entertainment
URBANIZATION
People, products
ECONOMICS Flying cash
ATM
Money
Industrial revolution?
700 yrs. before West
WOMEN Subordinate
SONG Footbinding Elites
Not universal
FOOTBINDING Attractive = physically weak Marriage?
HEIAN JAPAN (700-1100) Literature
Tale of GenjiThe Confessions of Lady Nijo
Sex, drinking, gossip
SAMURAI (1100-1600)
FeudalismShoen
private estates
NoblesAnd their samurai warriors
Mounted warriors