china 8000 bce – 600 ce. politics dynasties with emperors mandate of heaven –rulers have a...
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Politics
• Dynasties with emperors
• Mandate of Heaven– Rulers have a responsibility to rule with
compassion– Respect of superiors
• Start of bureaucracy
Empire
• Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE)– Shi Huangdi
• Western (early) Han (206 BCE- 9 CE)– Wudi
• Wang Mang (9-23 CE)• Eastern (later) Han (25-220 CE)
– Problems with land distribution, Yellow Turbans uprising
• Collapse of empires in China from internal problems – economic depression, natural catastrophy, social unrest
The Han Dynasty
Wu Ti (Wudi)• Expanded the empire• Strengthened the
bureaucracy through civil service exams
• Promoted Confucianism
• Repaired dykes, built 80 mile canal
Period of Disunion 220-581
General Cao Cao on the eve of a battle he would loose
Leading General in the final years of the Han Dynasty
Bird overhead signifies bad omens
Sui Dynasty 581-618
Wendi- 1st Emperor of Sui
Period of great economic prosperity
Buddhism was the central philosophy
Global Trade
Han Dynasty
• roads constructed
• Silk Road trading increased
• Iron Age; modernized army (iron weapons, etc.)
Social: Class/Gender
• Patriarchal Confucian principles • Women only power in court • Scholars/officials military artisans• Few live in cities
Religion
• Polytheism• Ancestor worship • Confucianism• Legalism • Daoism• Spread of Buddhism from India ..\..\..\Videos\APWH\Unit1\The_Traditional_Religions_of_China.mov
Science/Inventions
• Iron Age
• Modernized army
• Paper, accurate sundials/calendars, agriculture improvements (plow)
Art/Architecture
• Brush painting • Palaces• Sculptures
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