... about their cultural and technical achievements and to study under the Buddhist monks. During the period from 700 to 1200, the government of Japan was refined to the point that it echoed the government of the T?ang Dynasty. Almost all aspects of the Japanese government at this time were modeled after the T?ang. Even the capital city was based on the T?ang capital. T?ang style poetry become fashionable ... except through the port of Canton. The Chinese were able to profit greatly from the trade until the westerners began importing opium to China. As the nineteenth century began in China, ...

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