Zoee Southernization prject By melanie.spransy 221 Han Dynasty had fallen 390 Tang Dynasty had been joined by true porcelain 581 Sui dynasty reunited empire 600 Southern China on its way to becoming most prosperous & most commercial 610 Construction of Grand Canal Period: 618 to 906 Tang Dynasty 644 Identification of soils in China that contained saltpeter Period: 700 to 750 Development of printing within walls of Buddhist monasteries 919 Gunpowder Period: 960 to 1279 Song Dynasty 1127 Earliest evidence of a cannon or bombard