Golden Age of Chinese Achievement•China unified under the Sui Dynasty (589-619 C.E.)
•Bureaucracy and the Exam System
•Economic Revolution
•Printing Press
Women in the Song Dynasty•Tang Freedoms
•Song Patriarchy
•Foot binding
•Changing job opportunities
•Property Rights
China and the Northern Nomads•The Tribute System in Theory•“Middle Kingdom”
•The Tribute System in Practice•Protection “Gifts”
•Cultural Influence across a border