During the Warring states period, the first precursors of the Chinese cash coins started to appear.These early round coins (圜錢, huánqián) circulated alongside the knife and spade money.As most of these early round coins had round holes, the first "true" cash coins were the Yi Hua (一化) produced by the State of Yan. Apart from two small and presumably late coins from …

The Northern Song (Chinese: 北宋; 4 February 960 – 20 March 1127) was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the first half of the Song dynasty.The dynastic founder, Emperor Taizu, seized the throne of the Later Zhou (the last in a succession of five short-lived dynasties).The Northern Song was ruled by nine emperors for 167 years. In 1127, its capital city Kaifeng fell to Jin invaders …

Events Pre-1600. 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.; 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.; 628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.

In European history, the 11th century is regarded as the beginning of the High Middle Ages, an age subsequent to the Early Middle Ages.The century began while the translatio imperii of 962 was still somewhat novel and ended in the midst of the Investiture Controversy.It saw the final Christianisation of Scandinavia and the emergence of the Peace and Truce of God …

Career as a scholar-official. Su Song was of Hokkien ancestry who was born in modern-day Fujian, near medieval Quanzhou. Like his contemporary, Shen Kuo (1031–1095), Su Song was a polymath, a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different fields of study.It was written by his junior colleague and Hanlin scholar Ye Mengde (1077–1148) that in Su's youth, …

When Zhezong suddenly died in his twenties, his younger brother Emperor Huizong of Song (r. 1100–1125) succeeded him, and also supported the Reformers at court. Huizong banned the writing of Sima Guang and his lackeys while elevating Wang Anshi to near revered status, having a statue of Wang erected in a Confucian temple alongside a statue of Mencius . [86]

1077 – Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100) 1334 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383) 1467 – Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (d. 1538) 1581 – James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (d. 1656) 1601–1900. 1643 – Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. …

Contents move to sidebar hide Début 1 Histoire Afficher / masquer la sous-section Histoire 1.1 Les Song du Nord, 960–1127 1.2 Les Song du Sud, 1127–1279 2 Administration de l'empire Afficher / masquer la sous-section Administration de l'empire 2.1 Institutions centrales et conseillers politiques 2.2 Les examens impériaux et les élites administratives 2.3 Administration des …

This is a timeline of the Song dynasty (960–1279). The Song dynasty was founded by Zhao Kuangyin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Song, who ended the period of division known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song dynasty is commonly separated into two historical periods, the Northern Song (960–1127) and the Southern Song …

The Song dynasty (; Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou.The Song conquered the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.