Ep. 25 | Tang Dynasty (Part 1)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2010

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As the Sui peters out, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, seizes power and establishes the Tang Dynasty in 618. Along with the Song, the Tang Dynasty is considered the pinnacle of China’s long history. In culture, art, poetry, painting, ceramics, science, navigation, diplomacy this was a golden age. Buddhism made even greater inroads into continue reading >> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Greetings listeners around the world and welcome to the China History Podcast.
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1:09.6	Las La Montgomery bringing you yet another episode of our China Dynasty's overview.
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1:20.0	from us folks here at the China History Podcast.
1:24.0	Last week we looked at the short-lived and ill-fated Sui Dynasty of Wen-Di and Yang-Di.
1:32.0	Thanks to the efforts and achievements of the Sui Dynasty who had
1:36.5	unified the Middle Kingdom after 271 years of disunity, when the first Tang Dynasty Emperor stepped foot in the Imperial Palace in Chang'an,
1:47.0	he inherited a nice turn key, ready-made political, military, economic, fiscal, and legal system that allowed them to quickly
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