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Nick and Ricky 1. Find 6 major inventions of the Tang and Song dynasty in China. Describe each invention. Find an image of each invention. Explain the impact of each invention. [|Porcelain.gif]They used ceramic molds to make house hold appliances, the picture with the number was their paper money, the 3rd image to the right is gunpower, the forth one down is the magentic compass, 2. __How did the statues of women change during the Tang and Song dynasties?__ women worked alot more in this society than any other, peasant women worked in the fields and collected food to help with their income. When they were young their feet would be binded together to look smaller and more attractive to rich men so they would get married. but the down effect of these "footbinding" is that after they would be done, their feet would be crippled.

3. __Describe Footbinding__ was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century, girls would break their foots and then scrunge them together, they thought it would look better

4. __Describe the Gentry class__ It is the word for "high class and well breed" people,various ranks of nobility, clerical upper crust and "gentle" families of long descent who never obtained official rights to bear a coat of arms. It consited of kings,knights,emperor, or samurai it was manly back in the middle ages or ancient china.

5. __How was the Civil Service reformed under the Tang and Song?__ The civil service excamination system begun by the Han Dynasty, wealthy men were the only ones who could afford exams, the system created a very intellgent class in ancient china. It grew talent,importance, and education and as a result wealthy families played a role in the government

6. __Describe what happened to Marco Polo__ He was taken prisoner when he returned back the Venice in 1295, he spent a few months in a dictating the travels of other inmates. He was released in August 1299 and returned home to his Brother and Father and they had bought a large house in the central quarter named //contrada San Giovanni Crisostomo//.