Tang Dynasty- 618-907
- The Tang dynasty ruled for nearly 300 years. 618-907
- Tang Taizong was the ruler of the Tang
- He had a great reign from 626 to 649
- They took the Northern and Western lands of China
- By 668 they had influence over Korea also.
- Empress in Korea was Wu Zhao
- Ruled from 660-690
- She became the the only women emperor in 690
- Tang rulers strengthened China
- Revived and expanded the civil service started by the Han Dynasty.
- It created a very intelligent government system with great officials
- Exams that determined if you should be in the Civil Service
- Wealthy families shared in the government
- To pay for all their things they had crushing taxes in the mid-700s
- This hurt their people and they still couldn’t pay for everything.
- They couldn’t control their huge empire
- Muslims defeated some of their army at the Battle of Talas
- After that they lost Central Asia
- Riots started and rebels rose.
- By 907 rebels defeated the Tang and killed their last emperor