The Golden Age of the Tang and

Song Era

Junks = Chinese ships that was very advanced with sails, compasses, and even rockets for

defense

Junks were the best ships in the world

during the medieval period

Wood block printing

Moveable Type

Thousand Golden Prescriptions is an important medical journal containing the main medical achievements of the Tang dynasty. It attaches great attention to daily rituals and remedies for health-care.

Abacus invented for doing mathematical calculations, helped merchants and also helped tax

collection

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Burma and other parts of Asia.

Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist and began to replace the stupas during the Song Dynasty.

Originally not for war (only fireworks) Later on it was used in war

Gunpowder

Poetry

A high point of classical Chinese poetry occurred during the Tang period .

During the time of Tang, in China, poetry was integrated into almost every aspect of the professional and social life of the literate class