According to this map, the tang dynasty was mostly located in

northern and eastern china.
northern and western china.
southern and eastern china.
southern and western china.

According to this map, the Tang Dynasty was mostly located in northern and eastern China.

The Tang dynasty was the successor of the Sui dynasty and predecessor of the period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms in China. The dynasty was interrupted by the second Zhou Dynasty (690-705), when Empress Wu Zetian usurped the throne and founded her own dynasty. The Tang dynasty, with its capital in Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at that time, is considered by historians as a moment of splendor of Chinese civilization, equal to -or even superior- to of the Han period.

dylan has written many enduring songs and he has received several awards for his musical achievement;  

any written work with artistic value can be considered literature; especially if such work is publicly recognized, and has had importance and endurance among people; whether is poetry or fiction or drama or even criticism, since it's the transcendence and representation of a culture, language or people in a period of time to more people, using letters (words), regardless the subject.

the nobel prize in literature is given to authors from any country based on a body of work as a whole that inspires and nurses the life of humanity.  

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