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Tang dynasty

618–907

The Tang dynasty was China's cosmopolitan golden age. Its capital Chang'an was the largest city in the world, full of Persian merchants and Buddhist monks. Poetry, painting, and printing flourished before rebellion broke it.

Facts

Founded: 618 CE, Li Yuan founded the dynasty.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tang dynasty
Ended: 907 CE, the last emperor deposed after rebellion and warlordism.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tang dynasty
Heartland: China, capital Chang'an, the largest city on earth.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tang dynasty
Major rulers: Taizong, the great early emperor; Xuanzong, who ruled at the cultural height; Wu Zetian, China's only woman emperor.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tang dynasty

Images

The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, built in the Tang golden age. (Wikimedia Commons)

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