Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) A Chinese Tang Dynasty tri-colored glaze porcelain horse ( 700 AD)Main article: Tang DynastyOn June 18， 618， Gaozu (唐高祖) took the throne， and the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) was established， opening a new age of prosperity and innovations in arts and Buddhism， which had gradually been established in China from the first century， became the predominant religion and was adopted by the imperial family and many of the common Chang'an (长安，长安) (modern Xi'an西安)， the national capital， is thought to have been the world's largest city at the The Tang and the Han are often referred to as the most prosperous periods of Chinese The Tang， like the Han， kept the trade routes open to the west and south and there was extensive trade with distant foreign countries and many foreign merchants settled in CThe Tang introduced a new system into the Chinese government， called the "Equal Field System" （均田制）This system gave families land grants from the Emperor based on their needs， not their From about 860 the Tang Dynasty began to decline due to a series of rebellions within China itself， and in the previously subject Kingdom of Nanzhao (南诏，南诏) to the One of the warlords， Huang Chao (黄巢)， captured Guangzhou in 879， killing most of the 200，000 inhabitants including most of the large colony of foreign merchant families In late 880 Luoyang surrendered to him and on 5 January， 881 he conquered Chang' The emperor Xizong (唐僖宗) fled to Chengdu and Huang established a new temporary regime， which was eventually destroyed by Tang but another time of political chaos
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