Song Dynasty

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  • Apr 16, 1004

    1004- Liao signs the Chanyuan Alliance

    When the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan people invaded, the people of the Northern Song Dynasty agreed to give the Khitans 100,000 Liang (4000000 grams) of silver to the Khitans along with 200,000 lengths of cloth in order to keep them from invading into Southern China. The Song Dynasty couldn’t defend itself as it gave little power and training to the military, making it unable to avoid alien conquest from other areas despite the fact that it attempted to be very pacifistic. This marked the beginnin
  • Apr 16, 1044

    1044- Treaty established with Tangut Rulers in Western Xia

    Similarly with the situation that the Song Dynasty had with the Jin Empire, the Song made a treaty with Western Xia to give them a great amount of money and resources in order to keep the people of the Western Xia on the border and not invade. Although the Song was more progressed and more wealthy than the Xia, they lacked the determination and ability to conquer the Xia because of their developed pacifistic nature.
  • Apr 16, 1069

    1069- Wang Anshi Becomes Emperor

    Wang Anshi was an important emperor due to the fact that he attempted to make several political reforms in an attempt to make the Southern Song Dynasty stronger and more united. However these attempts at reform failed and led to peasants thrown deeper into poverty and ready to rebel against the central government. Wang Anshi wanted to establish a perfect self-perpetuating system by putting his own people into positions of power in order to create reforms where people were more limited and equal.
  • Apr 16, 1125

    1125- Jiankang Incident and the end of the Northern Song Dynasty

    During the Jiankang Incident occurred after the Song dynasty and the Jin dynasty decided to team up against the Liao dynasty. However only the Jin dynasty was powerful enough to conquer the Liao and they took all of the land for themselves. They later sold this land to the Northern song Dynasty. However, one of the Jin politicians defected to the Song and there started an all out war. During the incident itself Emperor Qinzong, his father Emperor Emeritus Huizong, along with many members of the
  • Apr 16, 1127

    1127- The Southern Song Dynasty Is Formed

    Sung Gao Zong establishes the Southern Song Dynasty after the Jin Dyansty invades the northern Song Dynasty and forces them into the south. Gao Zong originally held power within the Northern Dynasty, however he decided to flee away from the battle and reestablish his power in the south. He was rather pacifistic and did not attempt to fight the Jin Dynasty.
  • Apr 16, 1206

    1206- The Counterattack on the Jin Dynasty

    Over 70 years after the invasion of Northern Song by the Jin Dynasty, the people of Southern Song decide to team up with the Mongols in order to defeat the Jin Empire to the north. The invasion is led by Genghis Khan and 27 years after starting the war against the Jin Dynasty, the Southern Song and the Mongols are able to defeat the people of the Jin Dynasty in 1234 and the Mongols take the land to the North, replacing the Jin. Now Northern China, which had been ruled by the Jin was now being r
  • Apr 16, 1240

    1240- The Mongols Invade Southern Song

    After destroying the Tanguts, the Mongols then decide to attack the Southern Song dynasty in order to continue their conquest during china. However during this war, Genghis Khan dies of natural causes and is then succeeded by his son Kubladi. After 30 years of bloody war between the Mongols and the people of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols finally destroy the Southern Song Dyansty, ending the reign of the Dynasty. Although the people of the Song had equal to or even greater size and military resou

  • Founding Of the Qidan People

    The Qidan were a group of people from Mongolia who would later invade the Northern song dynasty. In order to prevent further expansion and war, the leader of the Song Dynasty gave the Qidan a great deal of money and resources in order to keep the peace. The Qidan people maintained the empire for over 200 years in north China after they began. They were also the first alien rulers of China after they took the area of North Song in 916.

  • 960- Zhao Kuangyin Creates the Northern Song Dynasty

    Zhao Kuangyin reunites the warlords of the kingdoms and dynasties formed after the fall of the Tong Dynasty and makes himself the central power. He then separates the warlords and relieves some of them of duty, making scholars the main politicians within the Dynasty. He is also able to lower the power of the military by having the empire be mainly Confucian, in which the military was looked down upon and considered lower than merchants.

  • 989- Quota of How Many People Per Region Could Pass Examinations Established

    In 989, a quota was established in order to control the number of people that could pass the examination test. This quota was implemented because of the fact that too many people from powerful families and areas were all becoming government officials, so the central government decided to prevent families and areas from becoming too powerful
  • Period: to Apr 16, 1300

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