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In January 757, the newly self-proclaimed Yan emperor An Qingxu ordered general Yin Ziqi (尹子奇) to join forces with general Yang Chaozong (楊朝宗) and besiege Suiyang (present-day Shangqiu, Henan). Suiyang was a city on the Tang-era course of the Grand Canal, sitting midway between the major cities Kaifeng and Xuzhou.
The Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the world's most populous city for much of the dynasty's existence. Two censuses of the 7th and 8th centuries estimated the empire's population at about 50 million people, [9] [10] which grew to an estimated 80 million by the dynasty's end.
The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by the Vietic peoples in Laos and Vietnam. The branch was once referred to by the terms Việt–Mường, Annamese–Muong, and Vietnamuong; the term Vietic was proposed by La Vaughn Hayes, [1] [2] who proposed to redefine Việt–Mường as referring to a sub-branch of Vietic containing only Vietnamese and Mường.
The Later Tang were overthrown in late 936, which opened the way for Li Bian to claim it. [10] In February 939 Li Bian renamed his realm to Great Tang (大唐). [11] Taking on the name of Tang increased his status. Such a move could be easily construed to mean "the potential unification of [Chinese] territories under one ruler." [12]
Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...
10 Day is the debut mixtape by American rapper Chance the Rapper.It was released independently on April 3, 2012, as a free digital download. The mixtape was downloaded over 400,000 times on mixtape site DatPiff, [1] [2] and over 235,000 times on MixtapeMonkey.
Another force under the Cambodian minister Chiêu Thùy Biện also prepared for battle. On July 25, a Siamese fleet of 300 warships and 20,000 men sailed for Gia Dinh. The contingent was led by senior commanders of the fleet, Chiêu Tăng, a nephew of the Siamese king, as the chief commander and Chiêu Sương, as the vanguard.
Tang is an American drink mix brand that was formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell [1] and chemist William Bruce James [2] in 1957, and first marketed in powdered form in 1959. [3] [4] The Tang brand is currently owned in most countries by Mondelēz International, a North American company spun off from Kraft ...