TANG/SONG CHINA

Migration of people to cities More food and

goods needed Emphasis on

scholarship Neo-Confucianism

Tang and Song China

The Middle Kingdom

China compared themselves to the nomadic people

Called themselves the Middle Kingdom, or center of the world

Considered themselves educated while the nomads were “barbaric”

Tribute System

Chinese governments required non-Chinese people to acknowledge the authority and superiority of the Chinese civilization

Humiliation and gifts

Essential Question

Use your chart and the information you’ve gathered today to create a chicken-foot thesis for the following question:

Which had the greatest effect on China during this time period – economics, politics, social expectations, culture, or interactions?

Turn in your chicken foot thesis by Friday (today or tomorrow is better).