HIST 1215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Diamond Sutra, Barter, Tang Code
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Capital city of chang"an - pop of 500k. Emperor wu - women emperor ruling in her own right. His tomb was built into a mountain to save money. Only dug shafts in mountains with dozens of people, instead of using thousands to build a tomb. Taizong decided to utilize wendi"s idea to build his tomb - has never been found. Ta(cid:374)g e(cid:373)peror"s did(cid:374)"t store (cid:448)alua(cid:271)le (cid:373)aterials i(cid:374) to(cid:373)(cid:271)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they k(cid:374)e(cid:449) it (cid:449)ould succumb to theft. Similar to han - very centralized government and bureaucracy is supreme. Put confucian educated bureaucrats in charge instead of generals, like the tang did. Examination system - pioneered by the han, brought to a new level of sophistication. Literacy rate is 10% for men - very high number. Currency and coinage is good - value of coinage based upon the value of the material that made the coinage/currency.
