Song Dynasty

The song aka sung dynasty ruled china from 960 to 1279 ce with the reign split into two periods.

Song dynasty. Starting in 960 and ending in 1279 the song dynasty consisted of the northern song 960 1127 and the southern song 1127 1279. The bei song was founded by zhao kuangyin the military. Indeed scholars today talk of a song economic revolution. The song empire 960 1279 was generally prosperous and at the time it was the world s most powerful empire economically scientifically and militarily.

The song dynasty bei northern song 960 1127. The song system of government was also advanced for its time. 960 1279 was an imperial dynasty of china that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. It is commonly divided into bei northern and nan southern song periods as the dynasty ruled only in south china after 1127.

The dynasty was established by emperor taizu of song with his usurpation of the throne of later zhou ending the five dynasties and ten kingdoms period. 960 1279 of china was a ruling dynasty that controlled china proper and southern china from the middle of the 10th century into the last quarter of the 13th century. During the song sung dynasty 960 1276 technology was highly advanced in fields as diverse as agriculture iron working and printing. The song dynasty chinese.

The dynasty was founded by emperor taizu of song following his usurpation of the throne of the later zhou ending the five dynasties and ten kingdoms period the song often came into conflict with the contemporaneous liao western xia and jin dynasties. Song dynasty 960 1279 chinese dynasty that ruled the country during one of its most brilliant cultural epochs. The song dynasty. The bei song also known simply as the song was the last major chinese dynasty to be founded by a coup d état its founder zhao kuangyin known by his temple name taizu the commander of the capital area of kaifeng and inspector general of the imperial forces usurped the throne from the hou later zhou the last of the wudai.

It is commonly divided into bei northern and nan southern song periods as the dynasty ruled only in south china after 1127. The northern song 960 1125 ce and southern song 1125 1279 ce. With a prosperous economy and radiant culture this period was considered as another period of golden age after the glorious tang dynasty 618 907. The population grew rapidly during this time and more and more people lived in cities.