Tang


 * Note: Use Failures not facts!**

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 * Failures:**
 * 1) They started domestic economic instability and the had a military defeat in 751 by Arabs at Talas, in Central Asia. This started the beginning of five centuries of steady military decline for the Chinese empire.
 * 2) There was misrule, court intrigues, economic exploitation, and popular rebellions which led to weakening of the empire. This made it possible for northerners to invade and they suceeded by terminating the dynasty in 907.
 * 3) China then fragmented into five northern dynasties and ten southern kingdoms.
 * 4) Rebellions lasted for eight years causing the national strength to weaken daily.
 * 5) Tang lost control of the generals so had no power and could not protect people very well.
 * 6) Taxes were lost to the governors who used it to maintain their own armies.
 * 7) This era also made trade with other countries steadily diminish.