Tthe Tang Dynasty

The Tang dynasty, founded by Li Yun and his son Li Shih-min along with the help of Turkish allies, ruled from 618 to 907. The strength of the early Tang was built directly on the organization of communications and administration established by the Sui.

The boundaries of this great empire expanded as the Tang armies defeated the Koreans in the north, the Vietnamese in the south, and the Tibetans and Turks in the west. By the middle of the 7th century, the Tang ruled large portions of Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet and Turkistan.

There were many great achievements during this dynasty that helped the Tang to be so prosperous. The Empress Wu Zhoa restored the Han method of standardized government throughout China. They rebuilt the central bureaucracy and enlarged the civil service system in order to recruit more educated men in Confucian philosophy. The Tang emperors distributed land plots to peasants, which in-turn would weaken the power of large landowners. This also increased government revenues, since the peasants were now required to pay taxes. A sy

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