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The Song Dynasty was a period of considerable commercial, technological, and cultural/artistic developments. It is divided into the [[Northern Song Dynasty]] (960-[[1127]]), when the capital was at [[Kaifeng]] (then known as Baijing), and the [[Southern Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279), when the capital was at [[Hangzhou]] (then known as Lin'an), following the loss of the northern half of the country to [[Jurchens|Jurchen]] forces whose polity in the north was termed the [[Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin Dynasty]].
The Song Dynasty was a period of considerable commercial, technological, and cultural/artistic developments. It is divided into the [[Northern Song Dynasty]] (960-[[1127]]), when the capital was at [[Kaifeng]] (then known as Baijing), and the [[Southern Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279), when the capital was at [[Hangzhou]] (then known as Lin'an), following the loss of the northern half of the country to [[Jurchens|Jurchen]] forces whose polity in the north was termed the [[Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin Dynasty]].
It was during the Song Dynasty that [[footbinding]], which had originated among [[courtesans]] in the [[Tang Dynasty]], became widespread throughout Chinese society.<ref>Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 261.</ref>
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