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This Element presents a broad and revisionist analysis of early Tang China's relations with the rest of the Eurasian world and argues that idealizing the Tang as exceptionally cosmopolitan limits our ability to think both critically and globally about its actions and policies as an empire.

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Introduction; 1. The Fall of the Sui Dynasty; 2. The Tang Dynasty and the Fall of the Eastern Türk Khaganate; 3. Taizong's Empire (630–649); 4. Expansion in Central Asia and Korea (650–670); 5. A Concatenation of Frontier Crises (670–700); 6. Southern Frontiers and Maritime Trade (to ca. 750); 7. Tang China and the Buddhist World (to ca. 750); Conclusion: Thinking Critically and Globally About the 'Cosmopolitan' Tang.

Early Tang China and the World 618750 CE

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 5/25/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781009214643, 978-1009214643
      ISBN10: 1009214640

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element presents a broad and revisionist analysis of early Tang China's relations with the rest of the Eurasian world and argues that idealizing the Tang as exceptionally cosmopolitan limits our ability to think both critically and globally about its actions and policies as an empire.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. The Fall of the Sui Dynasty; 2. The Tang Dynasty and the Fall of the Eastern Türk Khaganate; 3. Taizong's Empire (630–649); 4. Expansion in Central Asia and Korea (650–670); 5. A Concatenation of Frontier Crises (670–700); 6. Southern Frontiers and Maritime Trade (to ca. 750); 7. Tang China and the Buddhist World (to ca. 750); Conclusion: Thinking Critically and Globally About the 'Cosmopolitan' Tang.

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