Chinese dynasties
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Tang Dynasty
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Social Classes
Social Pyramid
Roles of Women and Children
Women's highest duty was to have a son
Women weren't allowed to be government officials
Women had to obey all members of husband's family
Usually took care of children at home or cooked
In poor families, girls were sometimes sold as slaves
Dynasty accomplished a lot through forced labor of men and women
Social Mobility
Bottom class men educated sons to become higher class men when growing up
Allowed social mobility
Sometimes depended on wealth and status