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Taizong - The Emperor who shaped the Tang Dynasty Page 4 |
Li Shimin / Taizong becomes the Second Emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Birth and Death (599-649 AD). Date of Reign (626-649 AD).
As the Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD) declined, peasant insurrections broke out throughout the empire. Seizing this opportunity and supported by his ambitious second son, Li
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Shimen/ Taizong, Li Yuan, usurped power and gained control of the court and established the Tang Dynasty in 618 AD.
Taizong eventually became the second Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was recognized, during his life time, as the “Celestial Khan” by all the minority nomadic tribes residing along the northern borders of China.
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