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Tang
唐
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Tang dynasty c. 669. Map of
China
during the Tang Dynasty. In yellow are the territories of China and the area of
vassals
and
allies
are in dark yellow.
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Capital
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Common languages
| Middle Chinese
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Religion
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Government
| Monarchy
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Emperor
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? 618?626
(first)
| Emperor Gaozu
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? 626?649
| Emperor Taizong
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? 712?756
| Emperor Xuanzong
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? 904?907
(last)
| Emperor Ai
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History
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| June 18, 618
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| 690?705
a
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| 755?763
b
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| June 1, 907
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715
[1]
[2]
| 5,400,000 km
2
(2,100,000 sq mi)
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? 7th century
| 50 million
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? 9th century
| 80 million
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Currency
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a
October 8, 690 ? March 3, 705.
b
December 16, 755 ? February 17, 763.
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"Tang dynasty" in Han characters
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Chinese
| 唐朝
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The
Tang dynasty
(
Chinese
:
唐朝
;
pinyin
:
Tangchao
) (18 June 618 ? 4 June 907) was an
imperial dynasty of China
. It came after the
Sui Dynasty
and was followed by the
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
. It was founded by the Li (李) family, who came to power during the fall of the Sui Empire. The
dynasty
was interrupted for a short time by the
Zhou dynasty
(周)
[3]
(
16 October
690
?
3 March
705
) founded by Empress
Wu Zetian
who managed to claim the throne, becoming the first and only Chinese
Empress
.
The Tang Dynasty, with its
capital
at
Chang'an
(today
Xi'an
), was the biggest city in the world at the time. It is considered by historians as a high point in
Chinese
civilization
?maybe even greater than the earlier
Han Dynasty
?as well as a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.
Empress Wu, the first woman to ever rule in China, was also included in the Tang Dynasty. Her methods were sometimes vicious, but she was very intelligent and talented.