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Song Dynasty
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Government
Founder Song Taizu
Expanded Bureaucracy (specialization but gov, big gov but bad military knowledge)
Civil Service Exam (education and a lotta ppl taking it)
Tax Policy (paid ppl to labor for econ growth)
Religions
Confucianism (main ethical system/ harmony restoration)
Neo-confucianism (buddhism + confucianism)
Buddhism (life is suffering, enlightenment)
Zen Buddhism (buddhism + daoism)
Daoism (Laozi, nature/ the way)
Cultural/Social
Illiterate peasents, increased literature for higher class
Social Structure:
Aristocracy (inherited wealth landowners)
Scholar Gentry (CSE passers, worked for gov)
Farmers(most) artisans, craftsman
Merchants(no produce new)
Patriarchy, woman foot binding, respect but men above women
Inventions
Gunpowder & guns
Paper money
Magnetic compasses
Boat steering improve and boat
Woodblock printing
Trade/Economy
Proto-industiralization (make more items to sell)
Increased silk road trade
Flying cash (put $ down one place, use in another)
Iron/steel production increase
Traded porcelain & silk (more use items than agricultural)
Connections
Heavily influenced Japan, Korea, and Vietnam's culture & development
Japan; shared knowledge & religion, troubled by China dominance
Korea; tributary state, CSEs, adopted belefs, copy China
Vietnam; negative relationship, practices unwelcome, traded for silk