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<p><p>just Over A Thousand Years Ago, The Song Dynasty Emerged As The Most Advanced Civilization On Earth. Within Two Centuries, China Was Home To Nearly Half Of All Humankind. In This Concise History, We Learn Why The Inventiveness Of This Era Has Been Favorably Compared With The European Renaissance, Which In Many Ways The Song Transformation Surpassed.<p>with The Chaotic Dissolution Of The Tang Dynasty, The Old Aristocratic Families Vanished. A New Class Of Scholar-officials&mdash;products Of A Meritocratic Examination System&mdash;took Up The Task Of Reshaping Chinese Tradition By Adapting The Precepts Of Confucianism To A Rapidly Changing World. Through Fiscal Reforms, These Elites Liberalized The Economy, Eased The Tax Burden, And Put Paper Money Into Circulation. Their Redesigned Capitals Buzzed With Traders, While The Education System Offered Advancement To Talented Men Of Modest Means. Their Rationalist Approach Led To Inventions In Printing, Shipbuilding, Weaving, Ceramics Manufacture, Mining, And Agriculture. With A Realist&rsquo;s Eye, They Studied The Natural World And Applied Their Observations In Art And Science. And With The Souls Of Diplomats, They Chose Peace Over

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Author

Timothy Brook; Mark Edward Lewis; Dieter Kuhn; William T Rowe

Publisher

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Belknap Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674036123

Category

history

Subjects

Religion, Fiction, History

Rating

4.15 / 5 (56 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14