Sung dynasty

Sung dynasty- (960- 1126) Hi, I’m a merchant during the Sung dynasty. The Sung dynasty started in 960. We were the first dynasty to ever have paper money. Our emperor made it to try and unify China even more!   We also were the first people to come up with gunpowder. Everything that we do is by civil government.  The Sung dynasty is split into two divisions: the Southern Sung dynasty and the Northern Sung dynasty.   The Grand Canal has helped during this time period, and it encouraged international trade, and helped trading of goods and cultures. There are only two social classes during this time. The upper and lower. The merchants are part of the lower, and make up the majority of it. We, the Sung dynasty, looked for answers to questions about Confucianism ideas.  One man, Zhu Xi, made a book talking all about the Confucian, Buddhism, and Taoism thoughts. This book gives us a better idea of mostly Confucius thoughts. We have made our naval army great! We really are the greatest power on sea. We had to try to fight off the Mongols when they came trying to attack us, so we made new weapons starting with gunpowder. During the Sung dynasty China doubled in size.

The Sung dynasty ended with the Mongols took over. The Sung did not have the army to fight the Mongols.

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