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| Emperor Xuanzong of Tang wearing the robes and hat of a scholar. |
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| A tomb guard, terracotta sculpture. Early 8th century Tang. |
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| Figurine of a foreign merchant. 7th century Tang |
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| The Leshan Giant Buddha. 233 feet high. |
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| A page of Lu Yu's Classic of Tea |
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| A woman playing polo in the 8th century. |
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| The Tang dynasty started out int the 7th century with 50,000,000 people and ended up with 80,000,000 people at the end of the 9th century. |
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| The Tang dynasty started with the weakening of the Sui dynasty. The Duke of Tang, Li Yuan formed a powerful army, and later formed the new Tang dynasty. |
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| Taizong started out building upon the Sui legal code. This legal code gave different punishments to people of different social classes and gender. |
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| Following the Sui example, the Tang the nine-rank system in favor of a larger civil service examination. |
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| The two major religion in China during the Tang empire were Daoism and Buddhism. |
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| The Tang used a nation-wide census to determine the total population of the people and how much taxes should be. |
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| Emperor Xuanzong discarded the policy of conscripting soldiers that were replaced every three years, replacing them with long-service soldiers who were more battle-hardened and efficient. |
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| The first Tang campaign of Korea failed, but later the Tang allied with the Silla kingdom and were able to control parts of Korea. |
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| The Tang gained many new technologies from the Silk Road in this time period, musical instruments became popular, as well as stools and chairs were accepted. |
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| Empress Wu initially gained power by way of emperor Gaozong, and later through her sons and her greatest contribution to China was her weakening of the Northwestern aristocracy. |
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