Tang Artifact

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Artifacts are human-made object that gives insights and clues to archeologists in pursuit of a broad and widespread in understanding of human culture. An archeologist’s significant resource is to decode the past existence of a civilization through the analytical process of using artifacts. An example of an artifact is a dish in the shape of a leaf, which was made during the period of Tang dynasty in ancient China. Although this artifact reflects one of the periods of ancient China, it was revealed the usage of precious metals to create a refined technology, thus the artifact reflected the most prosperous period of China's history. Also, contains the relationship of the artifact, the complexity of the civilization and connections between today…show more content…
In the category of politics/government, it has nothing to do with the creation or usage of this artifact. However, the economic activity of Tang dynasty was prosperous. The natural resources, that created the artifact, came from China and many jobs were created because of the artifact ranging from miners, to silversmiths, and even traders hence the increased activity due to cultural vitality during the Tang period especially the expansion of trade within Inner Asia, northwest India, and Iran. Considering that China’s lacked metal resources, the only way was to trade silks to silver, gold, and other metals, which stimulated the economy. Therefore, it led to the introduction of vessels made of gold and…show more content…
Since China has its long history, there are few questions that were still unclear of, about the artifact and the civilization. Why did the Tang dynasty decline? Many have said that in that particular historical period economic activity prospered and is also described as China’s Golden Age. What led to the decline of the period? Furthermore, since the views of the afterlife of both Egyptian and Chinese culture were similar, who introduced Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of ancient China the notion of burying terracotta
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