Which statement correctly describes the Tang Dynasty? The dynasty established civil service exams to identify the best workers for government positions.
The dynasty encouraged artists in different fields to produce jade carvings and porcelain sculpture.
The dynasty created a vast empire that stretched from the East China Sea far into western China.
The dynasty promoted virtuous leaders and scholars who studied the teachings of Confucius.

The dynasty  created a vast empire that stretched from the East China Sea far into Western China.

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The Tang dynasty created a vast empire that stretched from the East China Sea far into western China. The dynasty practiced Buddhism which made it possible to spread its culture across much of Asia. The dynasty was founded by the Li family who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. The Tang dynasty was briefly interrupted when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, proclaiming the Second Zhou dynasty during 690–705 and becoming the only Chinese empress regnant.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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