Accomplishments of the Sui and Tang Dynasty were both of architectural importance, allowing cities to flourish and trade practices to advance. For the Sui Dynasty, the Grand Canal changed trade within two major regions and the Tang developed an urban development scheme that can still be seen today. Noticeably contributing factors that separates humans from each other are religion and sheer geographical distance. During the 570’s and 580’s, there was a period of division within China that wasn’t brought to an end until the leadership of Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty’s Emperor Yang was aware of the dividing factors of human kind, so commanded the construction of the Grand Canal which connected the Yellow and Yangzi River regions. On paper the
