IN CONTEXT
Tang China
618 Li Yuan becomes first emperor of the Tang dynasty.
632–35 Chinese armies capture Kashgar, Kokand, and Yarkand in Central Asia.
751 Tang armies are defeated by Arab forces at the Battle of Talas River (Kyrgyzstan).
762 Luoyang is retaken by the Tang, and in 763 the last Yan emperor commits suicide, ending the An Lushan revolt.
874 The faction-torn Tang court is unable to resist the first of a series of revolts by over-taxed peasants.
907 The last Tang emperor is overthrown by rebel leader Zhu Wen, who founds the Later Liang dynasty.
960 China is reunified under the Song dynasty.
In 618, the Tang dynasty succeeded ...
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