10. explaining why did tang and song rulers give their support to a new
form of confucianism?

The Tang and Song rulers supported a new form of Confucianism called neo-Confucianism.

Explanation

Confucianist ideologies were popular in China from the period of Han dynasty itself. It was developed by Confucius in 551-479 BC. The influences of Taoist and Buddhist ideologies were strong during the reign of Tang and song rulers.

The Confucian scholars then integrated the elements of Taoism and Buddhism into a single ideology which came to be known as neo-Confucianism that gained the approval of the rulers.

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the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.