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Scholar-officials
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- Tang rulers opened schools around the country to train young scholars in Confucianism, poetry, and other subjects covered in the exams.
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Foot Binding
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- Women with bound feet were crippled for life
- Such a women reflected the wealth and prestige of her husband, who could afford such a beautiful but impractical wife |
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Grand Canal
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A series of waterways in eastern China that extend south 1,060 miles from Beijing to Hangzhou; built between 486 bc and ad 1327.
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Zheng He
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In 1405 – before Europeans began to sail beyond their borders he launched the first of seven voyages of exploration
All were led by a Chinese Muslim admiral named Zheng He |
