The period of the Tang Dynasty in China was remembered due to the great amount of progress in Chinese society. Cultural manifestations were numerous in publishings in literature and art. Its major cities were Chang'an, Luoyang, and Guangzhou. Chang'an was the dynasty's capital. It is believed that the Japanese city of Kyoto used it as a reference for its urban development.
Under the Song Dynasty, the Chinese invented gunpowder. There were also technological developments in the military. Main cities of the dynasty include the capital city of Bianjing. This city saw the introduction of the world's first form of paper money.
Lincoln Steffens was considered a reformer because his wokerd expose problems in business and government. <span>Because of his job as a police reporter, Steffens was able to publicized different corruption happening in the US. He wrote the book “Shame of the Cities” where he had exposed some of the biggest corruption cases in the United States</span>
