Northern Song dynasty

  • arts

    TITLE: Song dynasty
  • Bian Canal

    TITLE: Bian Canal
    ...canal system was further developed during the Tang dynasty (618–907), as the government increasingly came to depend on revenue and grain supplies from the Huai and Yangtze regions. During the Northern Song dynasty (960–1125/26), when the capital was moved to Kaifeng, the canal became even more important, and by the 11th century the volume of traffic on it was probably about three...
  • history of China

    TITLE: China: Bei (Northern) Song (960–1127)
    SECTION: Bei (Northern) Song (960–1127)