Tang dynasty (618–907)

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Tang
618–907
The Tang dynasty in 700 CE
The Tang dynasty in 700 CE
Dominant mode of productionFeudalism
GovernmentMonarchy
Area
• Total
5,400,000 km²


The Tang dynasty was a dynasty of imperial China that followed the Sui dynasty. A wave of rebellions broke out in the 870s and captured the imperial capital of Chang'an in 880. However, most of the rebels were not peasants, and their leader Huang Chao made himself a new emperor. He kept old aristocrats in power and killed many of his own followers. Tang forces retook the city, but the dynasty soon collapsed into five rival states.[1]

References

  1. Chris Harman (1999). A People's History of the World: 'The ‘Middle Ages’' (pp. 107–109). [PDF] London: Bookmarks Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781898876557 [LG]