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Comparing Tang and Song China Scholars often refer to the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) dynasties as the medieval period of China. The civilizations of the Tang (618–906) and Song (960–1279) dynasties of China were among the most advanced civilizations in the world at the time. Discoveries in the realms of science, art, philosophy, and technology—combined with a curiosity about the world around them— provided the men and women of this period with a worldview and level of sophistication that in many ways were unrivaled until much later times, even in China itself. Characteristics of the Characteristics of the Song Characteristics shared by Tang Dynasty Dynasty both dynasties Social • Gender roles and relations  • Family and kinship  • Racial and ethnic constructions  • Social and economic classes  Political • Forms of government  • Leaders  • Development and expansion of  states  • Empires  • Nations and nationalism  • Revolts and revolutions  • Warfare and diplomacy  • Regional, transregional, and  global structures/organizations    Interactions • Demographics  • Disease  • Migration  • Patterns of settlement  • Technology  Culture • Religions  • Belief systems, philosophies, and  ideologies  • Science and technology  • Arts and Architecture  • Interaction, dissemination and  adaptation of ideas, beliefs, and  knowledge  Economics • Agricultural and pastoral  production  • Trade and commerce  • Labor systems  • Industrialization  • Capitalism and socialism  • Production of goods and services    The Tang Dynasty (618–906) When the rulers of the Tang dynasty (618–906) unified China in the early seventh century, the energies and wealth of the nation pr