(A) _The Sui dynasty_ (A.D. 580-618)

1 Internal situation in the newly unified empire 166
2 Relations with Turks and with Korea 169
3 Reasons for collapse 170

(B) _The Tang dynasty_ (A.D. 618-906)

1 Reforms and decentralization 172
2 Turkish policy 176
3 Conquest of Turkestan and Korea. Summit of power 177
4 The reign of the empress Wu: Buddhism and capitalism 179
5 Second blossoming of T'ang culture 182
6 Revolt of a military governor 184
7 The role of the Uighurs. Confiscation of the capital of the
monasteries 186
8 First successful peasant revolt. Collapse of the empire 189


_MODERN TIMES_


Chapter IX: THE EPOCH OF THE SECOND
DIVISION OF CHINA

(A) _The period of the Five Dynasties_ (906-960)

1 Beginning of a new epoch 195
2 Political situation in the tenth century 199