Song Dynasty- 960-1279
- Warlords divided China into different Kingdoms
- Then in 960 Taizu reunited them and declared himself the first ruler of the Song Dynasty
- They never regained the west but their empire was stable
- They tried to buy back the North but failed
- They were forced to retreat their land by the Jin Empire
- They made a new capital at Hangzhou (Land south of the Chang Chiang)
- They became rich trading with people in the North and West