中英雙語話史記 第79期:唐朝概況
Tang Dynasty
唐朝General
概況The Tang Dynasty.(唐朝）（June 18, 618 —June 4, 907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
唐朝（618年6月18日——907年7月4日）上乘宋朝下啓五代十國時期。
The dynasty was interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 1， 690—March 3， 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne.
唐朝曾中斷於武則天登基後建立的武周朝（690年10月1日——705年3月3日）。The dynasty was founded by the Li (李）family.
李氏家族創立了唐朝。The Tang Dynasty, with its capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi’an),the most populous city in the world at the time,
唐朝的都城位於長安，這是當時世界上人口最多的城市，is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to or surpassing that of the Han Dynasty.
歷史學家認爲唐朝是中國文明史上的一個制高點，與漢朝地位相同甚至超越漢朝。
Its territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers,was greater than that of the Han period,
其早期在位者通過征戰獲得的土地疆域比漢朝時期還要廣袤，and rivaled that of the later Yuan Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
與之後的元朝和清朝可以一爭高下。
