The zero was probably introduced to the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ) when travel in the Indian Ocean and the Middle East would have provided direct contact with India, allowing them to acquire the concept of zero and the decimal point from Indian merchants and mathematicians.

In China during the Tang Dynasty, cannibalism was supposedly resorted to by rebel forces early in the period ( who were said to raid neighboring areas for victims to eat ), as well as both soldiers and civilians besieged during the rebellion of An Lushan.

This economic phenomenon was a slow and gradual process that took place from the late Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) into the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 ).

The Shang Dynasty featured 31 kings, from Tang of Shang to King Zhou of Shang.

A Chinese Tang Dynasty tricolored Ceramic glaze | glaze porcelain horse ( ca.

Tang Dynasty was founded by Emperor Gaozu on June 18, 618.

Underlying the prosperity of the early Tang Dynasty was a strong centralized bureaucracy with efficient policies.

These practices, which matured in the Tang Dynasty, were to be inherited by the later dynasties with some modifications.

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.

China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty.

By the time of the Tang Dynasty five-hundred years after Buddhisms arrival into China, it had transformed into a thoroughly Chinese religious philosophy dominated by the school of Zen Buddhism.

Under the succeeding Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, Confucian ideas gained even more widespread prominence.

They were honored with the rank of a marquis thirty-five times since Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and they were promoted to the rank of duke forty-two times from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.

It was created by the Hui people during the Tang Dynasty of China.

The painting is a Song Dynasty remake of a Tang Dynasty original.

The Battle of Talas in 751 CE was a conflict between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty over the control of Central Asia.

Tibetans also had a tradition of cavalry warfare, in several military engagements early on with the Chinese Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 AD ), including Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tufan in 638.

* The Tongdian, written by Du You, a contemporary text focused on the Tang Dynasty.

* The Tang Huiyao, compiled by Wang Pu, a text based on the institutional history of the Tang Dynasty.

Linji Yixuan (; ; died 866 CE ) was the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China.

The Huayan school (; ; ; ) or Flower Garland is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that flourished in China during the Tang period.

Liu Zongyuan (; Wade-Giles: Liu Tsung-yuan ) ( 773 – 819 ), courtesy name Zihou ( 子厚 ; Wade-Giles: Tzu-hou ), was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang ' an during the Tang Dynasty.

Meng Haoran (; Japanese: Mōkōnen ) ( 689 or 691 – 740, during the Tang Dynasty ) was a major Tang Dynasty poet.

Tang Dynasty art (; Pinyin: Tángcháo Yìshù ) refers to the art in China during the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ).

Although the original text was partially lost or corrupted by the Tang Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty scholar Chen Shouqi (; 1771 – 1834 ) partially reconstructed the work from fragments and quotations.

She was very educated herself, teaching Kuo and his brother Pi () the military doctrines of her own elder brother Xu Tang (; 975 – 1016 ).

Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (; Wade-Giles: Emperor Hsuan-tsung of Tang ) ( July 27, 810 – September 7, 859 ) ( reigned April 25, 846 – September 7, 859 ) was a later emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China.

Tang Jiali (; born July 13, 1976 in Hefei, Anhui ) is a Chinese dancer and model who became a celebrity and household name in the China in 2003 by being the first woman to sell books of nude artistic photographs of herself since the lifting of many of the previous restrictions on distribution and sale of such photographs.

Southern Tang (; also referred to as Nantang ), later known as Jiangnan ( 江南 ), was one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China created following the Tang Dynasty from 937-975.

Tang Liang Hong (; born 1935 ) is a politician and lawyer from Singapore.

The placement of the Tang as the beginning of the bureaucratic phase rests largely on the imperial examination system which finally overcame the nine-rank system ; prior to this both systems were in use.

* The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, compiled by Bianji ; a recount of Xuanzang's journey.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much ; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player to join the game, or the most talkative player, or the host, or the player with the greatest alcohol tolerance, etc.

* 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier ; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80, 000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.

Japan was invading China at the time, and Funakoshi knew that the art of Tang / China hand would not be accepted ; thus the change of the art's name to " way of the empty hand.

Despite diminishing government financial support over the past quarter century, MIT launched several successful development campaigns to significantly expand the campus: new dormitories and athletics buildings on west campus ; the Tang Center for Management Education ; several buildings in the northeast corner of campus supporting research into biology, brain and cognitive sciences, genomics, biotechnology, and cancer research ; and a number of new " backlot " buildings on Vassar Street including the Stata Center.

* 846-859: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang reigned ; He was considered the last capable emperor of Tang Dynasty.

* Emperor Zhongzong of Tang China ( assassinated ; b. 656 )

* Tang military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, Empress Zhang, and shortly afterward Suzong dies of a heart attack ; Daizong kills Li.

* Emperor Gaozong of Tang suffers a stroke ; his wife Wu Zetian starts to rule.

* A widespread failure of the agricultural harvest in Tang Dynasty China leads to a widespread famine ; in the previous century the central government was able to curb famine with large grain stores, but this time the central government is already in decline and too weak to properly face the disaster.

Chinese culture flourished and further matured during the Tang era ; it is considered the greatest age for Chinese poetry.

Emperor Taizong of Tang | Emperor Taizong ( r. 626 – 649 ) receives Ludongzan, ambassador of Tibet, at his court ; painted in 641 AD by Yan Liben ( 600 – 673 )

Tang statue of a civil official dressed in Han Chinese clothing | Hanfu, made of sancai glazed earthenware ; he wears a tall hat, wide-sleeved outer garment tied at the waist with a wide belt, and rectangular " kerchief " in front.

Civil war in China was almost totally diminished by 626, along with the defeat in 628 of the Ordos Chinese warlord Liang Shidu ; after these internal conflicts, the Tang began an offensive against the Turks.

On June 11, 631, Emperor Taizong also sent envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to persuade the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners who were captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier ; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80, 000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.

A 10th century mural painting in the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang showing monastic architecture from Mount Wutai, Tang Dynasty ; Japanese architecture of this period was influenced by Tang Chinese architecture

This limited role of government officials was a departure from the earlier Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ), when the government strictly regulated commercial markets and local affairs ; now the government withdrew heavily from regulating commerce and relied upon a mass of local gentry to perform necessary duties in local communities.

The Song navy was of great importance during the consolidation of the empire in the 10th century ; during the war against the Southern Tang state the Song navy employed tactics such as defending large floating pontoon bridges across the Yangzi River in order to secure movements of troops and supplies.