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Tang and Song Dynast
Sarah Borcena
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tang Taizong | Emperor of Tang |
| bureaucracy | system of government with many departments |
| Empress Wu | Only woman emperor in Chinese history |
| Li Bo | Famous poet |
| scholar-official | Highly educated civil servants |
| merit system | Process for hiring and promoting people based on skills |
| urbanization | Growth of cities |
| nirvana | state of complete peace |
| Wuzong | devoted Daoist emperor |
| Zhu Xi | A scholar-official and famous Neo-Confucian thinker |
| land tenure | land is owned and distributed in a region |
| literacy | ability to read of write |
| money economy | to use currency than buying and selling goods |
| porcelain | a hard white pottery with extremely fine quality |