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Jan 1, 620
Cholula (Americas)
The town of Cholula was founded in central Mexico. It was later said to be the oldest continuously occupied town
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Jan 1, 627
The Emperor Li Shimin
He was the son of the first emperor of Tang and the founder. He succeeded to the throne when his father, retired and gave him the throne. He made an important accomplishment in China which was to unify China. This was something that his father tried but could not finish. He expanded the empire and grew it to its max. He launched many military activities in order to expand. He later died in 649 in the Hanfeng palace. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/tang/emperor_taizong.htm -
Nov 30, 650
Temple Closed (Americas)
An early Mayan classic temple in Copan was closed and covered. -
Jan 1, 666
Equal field system
This was a movement done in the Tang dynasty with the purpose to distribute the land equally and avoid the concentration of land in a single person. Tried to not make the same mistakes their previous dynasties did like the Han because they gained many problems from the land distribution cause it was unequal and people got too powerful. -
Jan 1, 700
Teotihuacan Declinig (Americas)
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Jan 1, 755
The An Lushan revolt
An Lushan a concubine from the emperor (favorite concubine) She was a traitor she revolted against the empire and conquered the capital and seond capital. But in the year 757 a soldier killed An Lushan and later in 763 they got their capitals back. But this was one of the major revolts leading to the downfall of the Tang dynasty. http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1280&bih=647&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=An+Lushan+revolt&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= -
Tang Dynasty Ends
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Tang Dynasty Begins
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The Huang Chao Rebellion
This was an important rebellion that occured during the Tang Dynasty which was caused because of the who started to take over the power of the central goverment. Military comissionaries held posts and took adbvantage of the profits and taxation. They captured the emperor to try to make a bigger influence but were deafeated in 903 -
Mayan city of Copan (Americas)
The height of the Mayan city of Copan. Some 20,000 people lived in the Copan pocket, a fertile section of the
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Palenque (Americas)
The Mayan city-state of Palenque (later in Mexico) and the state of Copan (later in Honduras) was abandoned -
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