The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kin
Portrait of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566–635) dating to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Tang emissaries to the Sogdian king Varkhuman in Samarkand (648–651) – Afrasiab murals
7th-century Sogdian Huteng dancer – Xiuding temple pagoda, Anyang, Henan
Foreign ambassadors visiting the Tang court – the Portraits of Periodical Offering by Yan Liben (601–673)
The Sui dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618 AD. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prol
Tang dynasty
…The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilisation, and a golden…
Tomb of Yu Hong, a Sogdian merchant buried in Taiyuan in 592. Shanxi Museum.
Tomb of An Bei panel showing a Sui dynasty banquet with Sogdian whirl dance and music, 589
Chinese swords of the Sui dynasty dated c. 600, found near Luoyang. The P-shaped furniture of the bottom sword's scabbard is similar to and may have been derived from sword scabbards of the Sarmatians and Sassanians.
Strolling About in Spring, by Sui-era artist Zhan Ziqian