HIST 4618 Lecture 3: China Among Equals
17 Feb 2019
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Khitan and chinese are very different people but there was always a mutual respect between the two sides. Khitans took over northern china but not any other territory. The song dynasty was under constant attacks from non- Because of this constant pressure, they were able to develop a strong economy that far surpassed anything from europe. Even though song weakening the provinces made china very easy to invade, the song dynasty never lost due to foreign invasion until the. The 16 prefectures were an extremely important stronghold and marked the only point of contention between the two empires. Remember song only used civilian military officials, some were excellent in battle but most of them were extremely inexperienced fighters. Chinese military men never retired they served until the day they died. So not only were these soldiers not trained, they were also very old.
