•The Beijing Qingming Scroll and Its Significance for the Study of Chinese History
Translations of Qingming shanghe tu
—Transport according to Marco Polo
•From Copper Coins to Paper Money
—Use of Paper Money throughout Khubilai Khan's Yuan Dynasty according to Marco Polo
—"Black Stones" unrecognized by Marco Polo
—Images of printing tools and print
—Francis Bacon on the Significant of Three Chinese Inventions: Printing, Gunpowder, and the Compass
•More about Chinese Military Technology
•Cai Guo-qiang, Contemporary Artist Exploring the Use of Gunpowder and Explosives
Scientific & Technical Experimentation
•Experimental and Innovations by Song Dynasty Officials
—Su Song and the Mechanical Clock Tower
•Stereotypes Considering Chinese Culture and Scientific Inquiry
•"Urban Life as Depicted in Scroll"
•Kaifeng, Prosperous Capital of the Northern Song
•Hangzhou as described by Marco Polo
•More about the Kaifeng Pagoda
•More about the Technology behind the Rainbow Bridge
Scholar-Officials and the Examination System
•Scholar-Officials of the Song
—Memorials of Song-dynasty Officials
—More about Scholar-Officials and the Civil Service Examinations
The Three Perfections and Su Shi
•Su Shi (Su Dongpo, 1036-1101)
—Translation of the scroll detail
—More about Northern Song Painting and Calligraphy
—The Five Confucian Classics and the Four Books
•The Centrality of the Family in Confucian Teaching
—Read the full text of the Classic of Filial Piety
—Read Li Qingzhao's poem, To "Southern Song..."
•More about Domestic Life during the Song Dynasty
Northern Rivals: Liao, Jin, Xi Xia, and the Mongols
•Map of the locations of the northern rivals
•Silver Ingot from Song (Asia Society)
•More about the Song Dynasty's Northern Rivals
•International Trade, Overland
—Map showing Overland Trade Routes
•International Trade, Maritime
—Importance of the Maritime Trade
—More on Song Shipbuilding & Ship Excavation near Quanzhou