Medievalists.net » Tang Dynasty http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Tremors in the Web of Trade: Complexity, Connectivity and Criticality in the Mid-Eighth Century Eurasian World http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:12:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45554 Events within a fifteen-year period in mid-eighth century Eurasia included the Abbasid revolution, An Lu-shan's Rebellion in Tang China, and the collapse or emergence of empires from Frankish Europe to Tibet to the kingdom of Srivajaya.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/feed/ 0 Inter-religious Debate at the Court of the Early Tang: An Introduction to Daoxuan’s Ji gujin Fo Dao lunheng http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/22/inter-religious-debate-at-the-court-of-the-early-tang-an-introduction-to-daoxuans-ji-gujin-fo-dao-lunheng/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/22/inter-religious-debate-at-the-court-of-the-early-tang-an-introduction-to-daoxuans-ji-gujin-fo-dao-lunheng/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:19:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43103 During Six dynasties, Daoists as well as Buddhists gained access to the highest levels of society and to the imperial court in the south and in the north of China.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/14/asian-origins-of-cinderella-the-zhuang-storyteller-of-guangxi/feed/ 0 Ending an Era: The Huang Chao Rebellion of the Late Tang, 874-884 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/26/ending-an-era-the-huang-chao-rebellion-of-the-late-tang-874-884/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/26/ending-an-era-the-huang-chao-rebellion-of-the-late-tang-874-884/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:54:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35140 Huang Chao was a rebel leader during the late Tang dynasty; he and his followers successfully marauded through China from 875 until his death in 884 C.E. During that time, he conquered and sacked many important cities of the empire, such as Guangzhou and the capital city, Chang'an.

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