Chapter 8
China and the World: China's booming economy affected all across the Afro-Eurasian world. There was substantial Chinese migration. The Chinese people would bring their agriculture and it set in motion and environmental change. China became united again during the Sui Dynasty when the country's canal system linked northern and southern China economically. The Song Dynasty and the Tang built on what the Sui Dynasty created. This era was considered the "Golden Age" because of all the arts and literature created that included poetry, landscape painting, and ceramics. During the Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism gave rise. Also, major ministries were made, finance, rites, army, justice, and public works. Official positions were mostly given to sons of the privileged, even when they didn't pass the exams. The most obvious sign of China's prosperity was the rapid population growth that jumped to about 50 million to 60 million during Tang Dynasty and 120 million i...