Chapter VIII: THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI AND

THE T'ANG

(A) _The Sui dynasty_ (A.D. 580-618)

1 Internal situation in the newly unified empire 166

2 Relations with Turks and with Korea 169

3 Reasons for collapse 170

(B) _The Tang dynasty_ (A.D. 618-906)

1 Reforms and decentralization 172

2 Turkish policy 176

3 Conquest of Turkestan and Korea. Summit of power 177

4 The reign of the empress Wu: Buddhism and capitalism 179

5 Second blossoming of T'ang culture 182

6 Revolt of a military governor 184

7 The role of the Uighurs. Confiscation of the capital of the

monasteries 186

8 First successful peasant revolt. Collapse of the empire 189

_MODERN TIMES_

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