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Tang Taizong
                  Tea

                  Technology—Overview
                  Telegraph and Telephone
                  Textiles

                  Thomas Aquinas, St.
                  Thucydides
                  Timber
                  Time, Conceptions of
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                  Totemism                                                    Tang Taizong
                  Tourism
                                                                                                    (599–649)
                  Trade Cycles
                                                                Second emperor of China’s Tang dynasty
                  Trading Patterns, Ancient
                  American                                          mperor Taizong (reigned 626–649) of the Tang

                  Trading Patterns, Ancient                     Edynasty (618–907), hailed in Chinese history as
                  European                                      exemplifying the ideal Confucian rule of benevolence and
                                                                righteousness, established a cosmopolitan empire and
                  Trading Patterns, China Seas
                                                                facilitated the spread of culture and trade in East, Central,
                  Trading Patterns, Eastern                     and Southwest Asia and beyond.The fine administration
                  European                                      and prosperity of his reign lay the foundation of a strong
                  Trading Patterns, Indian                      Tang dynasty; his empire extended to the steppes, and he
                  Ocean                                         controlled the Silk Road in Central Asia.
                  Trading Patterns,
                  Mediterranean                                 Overview
                                                                During Taizong’s reign, Chinese government, laws, and
                  Trading Patterns,                             culture (including Confucianism, poetry, and architecture)
                  Mesoamerican                                  spread to other East Asian states and was incorporated
                  Trading Patterns, Pacific                      into the local culture. Japan’s Taika Reforms (from 645),
                  Trading Patterns, Trans-                      in which the Japanese court adopted a Chinese-style
                  Saharan                                       centralized government, system of taxation, and law
                                                                code, is one example. Unlike rulers of later dynasties,
                  Transportation—Overview
                                                                Taizong also embraced cultural diversity.While adopting
                  Travel Guides                                 Confucianism as state guideline, he also supported the
                  Treaty of Versailles                          translation of Buddhist sutras into Chinese, honored
                                                                Laozi and Daoism, and built a Nestorian Christian
                  Tupac Amaru
                                                                church along with Zoroasterian temples in the capital
                  Turkic Empire                                 city, Changan. Changan, magnificent in appearance and
                  Tutu, Desmond                                 culture, attracted foreign envoys, traders, and clerics who
                                                                traveled there along the Silk Road and by sea. People
                                                                from all over Asia and even Africa, including the Turks,
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