Hello fellow China Watchers,
Today in the History of China we look at the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The Song aren’t much known in the West, but in many ways they were more impressive than the preceding Tang, who are considered the apex of Chinese civilisation.
Trade flourished, as did innovation, and many of the “Big Four Inventions” we discussed in the N…
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