From about 860, the Tang Dynasty declined due to a series of rebellions within China itself and in the former subject Kingdom of Nanzhao to the south.

From Tang times until the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, scholar-officials functioned often as intermediaries between the grassroots level and the government.

From the outset, religion played a role in Tang politics.

From 668 to 676, the Tang Empire would control northern Korea.

From the Middle East, India, Persia, and Central Asia the Tang were able to acquire new ideas in fashion, new types of ceramics, and improved silver-smithing.

From the Tang to Qing dynasties, the Grand Canal served as the main artery between northern and southern China and was essential for the transport of grain to Beijing.

From the Axumite Kingdom in modern-day Ethiopia, the Arab traveller Sa'd ibn Abi-Waqqas sailed from there to Tang China during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.

From the third century onwards, through the Sui and Tang Dynasty, the pear-shaped pipas became increasingly popular in China.

From 2003 to 2006, Tang served as Chief Conductor of the Finnish National Opera.

From 2006 to 2011, Tang was artistic director and principal conductor of the Zürcher Kammerorchester ( Zurich Chamber Orchestra ), and became principal guest conductor in 2011.

From 629 to 648, a reunited China — under the Tang Dynasty ( 618-906 ) -- destroyed the power of the Eastern Türk north of the Gobi ; established suzerainty over the Kitan, a semi-nomadic Mongol people who lived in areas that became the modern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin ; and formed an alliance with the Uyghurs, who inhabited the region between the Altai Mountains and Lake Balkash.

* From the Chinese translation by Tang master Hsüan-Tsang

" Understanding Di and Tian: Deity and Heaven From Shang to Tang.

From early in the Tang Dynasty, candidates in the imperial examination were required to compose poetry and rhymed prose in conformance with the rhyme categories of the Qieyun.

From the dynasties of Tang, Sung, Yuen, Ming and Ching and from the kingdom palace to the mass people, farming societies and deities ’ festivals, the lion dance was one of the main agenda the organizers must not go without.

From the Han Dynasty until at least the Tang Dynasty it was known in Chinese as Yutian (, 于窴, or 於闐 ).

From the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, a rivalry had developed between the successor Later Liang Dynasty, formed by Zhu Wen and the State of Jin by Li Keyong in present-day Shanxi.

From the Former Han dynasty ( 125 BCE to 23 CE ) at least until the early Tang dynasty ( 618-907 CE ), Aksu was known as Gumo 姑墨.

From the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) onwards, brick and stone architecture gradually became more common and replaced wooden edifices.

From Tang times onward, various poets and essayists praised dwarf potted landscapes.

From the time of the Han dynasty through to the Tang dynasty, what is now called Nantong was a minor county subordinate to Yangzhou.

( From that point forward, Daxing and Chang ' an became interchangeable names, although by the time of succeeding Tang Dynasty, the new capital was known again just as Chang ' an.

* From the Tang period onward, tea became one of the seven essentials of daily life

I: From Antiquity to the Tang Dynasty.

From an exercise involving merely raucous, rough-and-tumble comedy, in his hands the performance turned into a revel of wit and word play, indecent at times, but always learned, pointed, and carefully aimed at some individuals present, and at the whole assembly.

Related to this Mosel quotes the aged composer concerning the radical changes in musical taste that were underway in the age of Beethoven, " From that period 1800 I realized that musical taste was gradually changing in a manner completely contrary to that of my own times.

From the beginning of each playing period with a stroke-off ( a set strike from the centre-spot by one team ) until the end of the playing period, the ball is in play at all times, except when either the ball leaves the field of play, or play is stopped by the referee.

From 1653 to 1659, although still legally known as a Commonwealth, the republic operated under different institutions ( at times as a de facto monarchy ) and is known by historians as the Protectorate.

From earliest times cavalry had the advantage of improved mobility, making it an

From the earliest times knights and mounted men-at-arms had frequently dismounted to handle enemies they could not overcome on horseback, such as in the Battle of the Dyle ( 891 ) and the Battle of Bremule ( 1119 ), but after 1350s this trend became more marked with the dismounted men-at-arms fighting as super-heavy infantry with two-handed swords and poleaxes.

From the ancient times until the 1800s, one goal was to reduce the expense of a classical education.

From earliest times, some kind of government has arguably been a vital part of every human society — though this refers only to a particularly loose definition of government.

From the times of Isaac Vossius, several scholars adhered to this position, most notably the so-called " French school " during the 19th century, which included the famous chemist Marcellin Berthelot.

From 1990-1992, country superstar Garth Brooks appeared on the show four times.

From the need for horseshoes, the craft of blacksmithing became " one of the great staple crafts of medieval and modern times and contributed to the development of metallurgy .” A treatise titled " No Foot, No Horse " was published in Great Britain in 1751.

From around 700 BC the Iron age brought numerous hill forts, brochs and fortified settlements which support the image of quarrelsome tribes and petty kingdoms later recorded by the Romans, though evidence that at times occupants neglected the defences might suggest that symbolic power had as much significance as warfare.

From very early times, the Mesopotamian lunisolar calendar was in wide use by the countries of the western Asia region.

From ancient times through the Middle Ages, bursts of mathematical creativity were often followed by centuries of stagnation.

From 1945 through 1948 she was held in sundry American and French-run detention camps and prisons along with house arrest but although Riefenstahl was tried four times by various postwar authorities, she was never convicted through denazification trials either for her alleged role as a propagandist or for the use of concentration camp inmates in her films.

The 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia wrote, " From ancient times until the nineteenth century the port of Monaco was among the most important of the French Mediterranean coast, but now it has lost all commercial significance.

From Classical times through the Renaissance, the Minotaur appears at the center of many depictions of the Labyrinth.

* Jarrige, C, J. F. Jarrige, R. H. Meadow, G. Quivron, eds ( 1995 / 6 ), Mehrgarh Field Reports 1974-85: From Neolithic times to the Indus Civilization.

From mid Eocene ( 35mya ) to Oligocene times a submarine volcano built up over a hotspot, and formed a seamount composed of basalt.

From 1958 to 1963, the Giants played in the NFL Championship Game five times, but failed to win.

From spectroscopic data, he was able to determine the upper limit of internal motions for open clusters, and could estimate that the total mass of these objects did not exceed several hundred times the mass of the Sun.

From ancient times, people around the world have recorded proverbs in visual form.

From Persia, in medieval times polo spread to the Byzantines ( who called it tzykanion ), and after the Muslim conquests to the Ayyubid and Mameluke dynasties of Egypt and the Levant, whose elites favoured it above all other sports.

From 1763 until 1971, the British Empire maintained varying degrees of political control over some of the Persian Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates ( originally called the " Trucial Coast States ") and at various times Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar through the British Residency of the Persian Gulf.

From the 16th century on, there were attempts to elevate Robin Hood to the nobility and in two extremely influential plays Anthony Munday presented him at the very end of the 16th century as the Earl of Huntingdon, as he is still commonly presented in modern times.