Early Tang China and the World, 618-750 Ce

This Element presents a broad and revisionist analysis of early Tang China's relations with the rest of the Eurasian world and argues that idealizing the Tang as exceptionally "cosmopolitan" limits our ability to think both critically and globally about its actions and policies as an empire.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Fall of the Sui Dynasty; 2. The Tang Dynasty and the Fall of the Eastern T黵k Khaganate; 3. Taizong's Empire (630�9); 4. Expansion in Central Asia and Korea (650�0); 5. A Concatenation of Frontier Crises (670�0); 6. Southern Frontiers and Maritime Trade (to ca. 750); 7. Tang China and the Buddhist World (to ca. 750); Conclusion: Thinking Critically and Globally About the 'Cosmopolitan' Tang.

Summary

This Element presents a broad and revisionist analysis of early Tang China's relations with the rest of the Eurasian world and argues that idealizing the Tang as exceptionally “cosmopolitan” limits our ability to think both critically and globally about its actions and policies as an empire.

Foreword

Explains and contextualizes the rise and expansion of the Tang empire, which straddled the East Asian and Inner Asian worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Shao-Yun Yang, Shao-Yun (Denison University Yang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781009214643
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921464-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Asian History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages