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Compare And Contrast Tang And Song Dynasties

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Through 618-1279, two dynasties reigned through China. They were known as the Tang and Song dynasty. The Tang and Song era was at the same time both innovative and conservative, with new technologies, expansion, military status, and synophocation which played a large part in the few centuries the two dynasties had been apart of.

The Tang dynasty reigned from 618-907,the ending of Tang started the beginning of song in 960. The Tang dynasty was initiated when the Sui dynasties ruler, Yangdi was assassinated by a fellow soldier. When Li Yuan killed Yangdi, the Tang dynasty adapted to many aspects of the Sui dynasty such as having strong military support that conquered deep into central Asia into present day Afghanistan, and also creating frontier

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