HIST 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Everlasting Regret, Qin Dynasty, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
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618- li yuan, maternal cousin of sui emperor, founds tang. Restores chang"an as capital- also western han capital. Center for trade- peoples from all over asia. The tang ended in 907 as a self-consciously mono-ethnic empire united by a significantly more homogenous chinese culture . 8 of 24 official histories were composed during a 20-year period. Tang as a rebirth of the united empires. Luoyang & association with mercantile wealth of the south. Tang gaozu- served whole time as emperor and died a natural death. Emperor xuanzong yang guifei, golden age of poetry, an lushan rebellion. 13 years of age when she became a concubine. Important source for yang guifei and the an lushan rebellion. Yang guifei"s brother gained power at court brother became the most powerful figure in court. Mixed turkish and sogdian known as rokshan (male version of the female name roxanne)
