early china-
- the qin dynasty was very harsh on taxes, labor quotas, and strict punishments
- people of qin dynasty rebelled and a war of rival kings started throughout china
- 2 powerful people- xiang yu and liu bang
- they hated each other and fought war
- liu bang won and declared himself the first emperor of the han dynasty
- ruled china for over 400 years
- influential people from china reffer to themselves as han
- bangs steps to unified china
- centralize gov
- destroy rival kings power
- lowered taxes and harsh punishments
- when bang died, bangs wife became ruler because his son was only a few months old
wudi- bangs great grandson took controll of hans and his name was wudi. known throughout history as martial emperor. he was a war seeker
first people he had to deal with- xiongnu-
- were feirce nomads known for deadly archery from horseback
- usually attacked chinas farms and would take people hostage and steal goods
- wudi sent 100000 men to fight them
pyramid
emperor
king, governer
state officials, nobles, scholars
peasants
artisans, merchants
soldiers
slaves
hans invented paper, before books were silk
allowed for education
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