The Tang State In China

The Tang state in China began after the downfall of the Sui Dynasty, it began in 618 CE and ended in 907 CE and was much more durable than the previous dynasty. (333) This state paralleled the Islam spread out of Arabia and through Afro-Eurasia, this created two center landmasses, one being Islam and the other being power and wealth. (133) As the state began its creation it had territorial expansion and development of an army. In order to expand the territory, Tang rulers had to ensure they restored the building of the empire. Once they had done so, they claimed an imperial system that outperformed small states and from this gained a population fatigued by internal chaos. (333) The Tang stated ended up extending the boarders in East and

Once this was determined as necessary the Tang state had an army “capable of defending far-flung frontiers and squelching rebellious populations.” (333) The army often fought on the northern steppes with the nomadic peoples who fought on horseback. (333) The Tang army consisted of 700,000 horses and between one and two million peasant soldiers. (334) The warriors were known to be ruthless, hard-drinking, and potent who would face others in hand-to-hand combat, fire longbows from long distances, and wielded steel swords. (334) The state was additionally pushed into Tibet, Red River valley in northern Vietnam, Manchuria, and Bohai. (334) In 650 CE, Islamic armies were moving toward central Asia in which the Tang were in control. (334) During the height of the empire, Tang armies controlled over four million square miles, were able to collect taxes from 10 million families and represented 57 million people. (334) Although China and the Tang State was the most powerful during 750 CE, it ultimately came to an end in 907 CE when invaders destroyed the

(344) In 688 CE, the state Silla took control over all of Korea and united it as one peninsula. (344) Once Silla became on unified state, they developed an autonomous government which was modeled after the Tang state. In addition, early Korea also developed a written language and phonetic system. (344) The religious and political life of the people were based off of birth, rather than knowledge, so when a person was born they belonged that that social status and religion. (344) Although early Korea was similar to the Tang lifestyle, it did fully engage in the same ideologies as the the Tang state. (344) After the Silla state, the Koryo Dynasty took control of Korea in 936 CE. (344) They enforced full Tang-style services in which government officials were chosen, it ultimately united the system. (344) Early Japan also incorporated Chinese influenced in their system but were talked over by intense warriors who took military and social control over southern Japan. (344) They enforced a social hierarchy and also believed in power of female shamans. (345) During early Japan, ‘dwarf’ people were in charge of maintain rice and fishing companies while also mastering Chinese style sericulture. (345) Early Japan also had many rulers, the Soga Kingship group, Yomato imperial family, Prince Shotoku and lastly Kakatomi no Kamatari until 669 CE.