Southern Song Dynasty:

1. The dynasty with the smallest territory in the history of China was the Southern Song Dynasty. According to different data sources, the territorial scope of the Southern Song Dynasty is different:

2. According to the data, the total area of Southern Song Dynasty was about 2,835,600 square kilometers 1. According to the data, the land area of the Southern Song Dynasty was even less than 200 square kilometers.

Northern Song Dynasty (960-1 127)

1 is a dynasty in the history of China after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It spread to the Nine Emperors and enjoyed the country 167. Together with the Southern Song Dynasty, it is also called Song. Because the royal family is surnamed Zhao, it is also called Zhao.

2. In the seventh year of Xiande (960), the generals of the later Zhou Dynasty launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao, made Zhao Kuangyin emperor, established the Song Dynasty, made Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo its capital, and changed it to Stegosaurus. Later, the military power was released through a glass of wine, and the general power and financial power were concentrated in the central government, avoiding the chaotic situation of the separatist regime in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. But it also led to the defeat of the Song Dynasty in the war with Liao, Xixia and Jin.

3. In the first year of Jingkang (1 126), the Jingkang disaster occurred, and the following year was destroyed by the State of Jin. The northeast of the Northern Song Dynasty is bounded by Haihe River in Bazhou, Hebei Province and Yanmenguan in Shanxi Province. The northwest is bounded by Hengshan Mountain in Shaanxi, East Gansu and Huangshui in Qinghai. The southwest is bounded by Minshan and Dadu River.

4. In Song Shenzong, Hehuang was recovered through Kaixi River. In Song Huizong's time, Longyou Duhu House was set up in northern Qinghai, and the seven states of Youyun were redeemed with heavy money. The political system of the Song Dynasty generally followed that of the Tang Dynasty, adopting a decentralized approach, and the post of prime minister was held by many people.

5. The Maeda system in Gu Xuan separated official titles from practical work, which played an important role in safeguarding national unity, but it also caused a situation of "poor accumulation and weak accumulation". Some people think that the Northern Song Dynasty was the most prosperous economic and cultural era in China's ancient history [7], with the revival of Confucianism, rapid development of science and technology and more enlightened politics.

6. In the third year of Xianping (1000), the GDP was $26.55 billion, accounting for 22.7% of the world [9], and the per capita GDP was $450, exceeding the $400 in Western Europe at that time.

7. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the population increased rapidly from 3,765,438+million in the five years of Taiping and Xingguo (980) to1260,000 in the six years of Xuanhe (124).

During the Northern Song Dynasty, foreign relations developed further on the basis of the Tang Dynasty. In East Asia, relations with North Korea and Japan have been closely exchanged, and in Southeast Asia, relations with Vietnam and Indonesia have also been strengthened.