Territory natural resources and trading routes
Having more land will allow them to have more resources, larger territories, and create trade routes to places further away from them
Porcelain & tea innovation of the Song Dynasty(AD 960-1280) has the greatest impact on the expansion of global empires.It was really in the Song Dynasty that tea reached its cult status. It was drunk out of very beautiful, extraordinarily exquisite tea bowls made from porcelain, one of the glories of the Song Dynasty.The word "china" is appropriate for porcelain, because the Chinese developed the technology for its production. The Song Dynasty ceramic industry was basically the first commercialized industry.They produced the pieces in mass quantities for the imperial palace, but also for this newly arisen class of scholar-officials and an urban elite and for these restaurants.
No they didn't bring popcorn to the first Thanksgiving, although they did bring corn.
Its was religion,well i think it was
