Southern+Song

Unit 4

The Southern Song dynasty began win the nomadic Jurchens invaded in China in 1115 C.E. The Southern Song dynasty was weak compared to the earlier Chinese empire. It's size was also small, located in the Yangtze River Basin with a capital at Huangzhou. Although it was smaller and weaker, the Southern Song managed to continue the achievements of the Chinese culture, including landscape painting. They made advances in medicine, shipbuilding, and trade. The Song made prominent use of gunpowder in seige warfare and also experienced the development of Neo-Confucianism. They ruled from 1127 to 1279.


 * Sources:**
 * Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History [Metropolitan Museum of Art] (Image): http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ssong/hd_ssong.htm
 * Dynasties of Classical Imperial China (Image): http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/song.html

Created by: Dirk Gadsden (November 11, 2008)