The Tang Dynasty has left legacies that remained until the end of imperial China. Founded after the victory of Li Yuan, who became the first Emperor of the Tang. He soon would fall to his son Li Shimin, known as Taozong who quickly introduced many reforms. Expanding massively and increasing export, the Golden Age of China would beginn. But the fall would follow soon after the great rise of the Chinese Empire. Following a short interregnum by the first and only female Empress Wu Zetian, the beginning of the Second Tang Dynasty would at the same time usher the end of this influential period. All about the rise and fall of this dynasty now on IT'S HISTORY. » The Complete PLAYLIST: http://bit.ly/HistoryOfChina » Paper, Print and Writing: http://bit.ly/SuckItGutenberg » JOIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE HISTORY KNOWLEDGE! Write us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ITSHISTORYfb Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/thehistoryshow Your photos on Instagram: https://instagram.com/itshistorychannel » Interested in the First World War? Check out our PARTNER channel THE GREAT WAR! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar » SOURCES Videos: British Pathé (https://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe) Pictures: mainly Picture Alliance Content: Benn, Charles (2002), China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang dynasty, Oxford University Press Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1999), The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Gascoigne, Bamber; Gascoigne, Christina (2003), The Dynasties of China: A History, New York Levathes, Louise (1994), When China Ruled the Seas, New York: Simon & Schuster Whitfield, Susan (2004), The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith, Chicago: Serindia » ABOUT US IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history - Join us discovering the world’s most important eras in IN TIME, BIOGRAPHIES of the GREATEST MINDS and the most important INVENTIONS. » HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL? You can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. » CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE? Of course, you can embed our videos on your website. We are happy if you show our channel to your friends, fellow students, classmates, professors, teachers or neighbors. Or just share our videos on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit etc. Subscribe to our channel and like our videos with a thumbs up. » CAN I SHOW YOUR VIDEOS IN CLASS? Of course! Tell your teachers or professors about our channel and our videos. We’re happy if we can contribute with our videos. » CREDITS Presented by: Guy Kiddey Script by: Guy Kiddey Translated by: Guy Kiddey Directed by: Daniel Czepelczauer Director of Photography: Markus Kretzschmar Music: Markus Kretzschmar Sound Design: Bojan Novic Editing: Markus Kretzschmar A Mediakraft Networks original channel Based on a concept by Florian Wittig and Daniel Czepelczauer Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard-Olsson, Spartacus Olsson Head of Production: Michael Wendt Producer: Daniel Czepelczauer Social Media Manager: Laura Pagan and Florian Wittig Contains material licensed from British Pathé All rights reserved - © Mediakraft Networks GmbH, 2015

• published: 03 Aug 2015
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