The Han dynasty is considered as one of the significant eras in Chinese Civilization.
Indeed, according to Ebrey in his book, Chinese Civilization, there were strategic fulfillments in
the Chinese Civilization throughout the Han dynasty. For instance, the institution of silk
pathways in the country that promoted trading practices between Europe and China. Moreover,
china comes up against considerable economic development throughout the time of the Han
dynasty.
Nonetheless, this era experienced plenty of political uprisings that resulted in its collapse
in 618. As a consequence, the financial and economic development of the country deteriorated
substantially. Notably, immediately after the decline of the Han dynasty, the Tang dynasty (618-
906) commenced and restored the political unity hence reserving the struggling Empire.
Primarily, the Tang dynasty imitated multiple political and economic changes with the sole target
to propel the Empire to greater success. Remarkably, The Tang dynasty era, fortunately, uniting
the Chinese disseminating the many political uprising from both the North and the Southern
territories as well as substantially eliminating the Buddhist church jurisdiction in the Chinese
community and prioritized peace among different societies.
Exceptionally, The Tang dynasty expanded the Empire for immense trade,
communication, and transport in the region from the 8th to the 9th century. That is to say, the
regimen tried to obtain both local and multinational trade exchanges with the proximate empires
and societies (Ebrey, 2009). Accordingly, the Tang dynasty's commitment to re-establish the
Chinese Empire’s trading activities in the territory instigated enormous economic resurgence.
The determined reestablishment had never been encountered in the region since the failure of the
Han reign. In particular, the tang dynasty was characterized by the enormous growth of towns
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