HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Aristocracy, Taoism, Zoroastrianism
Document Summary
War and diplomacy along great wall with turk empire. Military protectorate over silk road oasis states. Universal claim of emperor: son of heaven ruler of all under heaven . Buddhism, daoism patronized by emperor, along with confucianism. Persons and cultures from all over asia. Vn and korean officials in tang government. E. g. , gao xianzhi (go sunji), korean general of tang led campaign to central. Diplomacy with turk, tibet, japan, sassanian iran, etc. Silk road links with west asia, south asia: Many new religions: zoroastrianism, manichaeism, nestorian christianity, judaism. Han confucian texts are carved on stone monuments. White writing on black printing carving texts on woodblock for printing. Tang army campaign to forestall arabs and tibetans joining forces. Delineated limits of east asian/ mid east civilizations and might. Peaceful eastward spread of islam as religion. An lushan rebellion (55-762) central west asian garrison troops.
