- Early China
-The Qin Dynasty were very harsh on taxes, labor quotas, and strict punishments
-the people of the Qin Dynasty rebelled and a war of rival kings started throughout all of China
-Two powerful people emerged: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang
- HAN DYNASTY
-these 2 leaders ended up hating each other and fought their last battle in 202 BC – Liu Bang won and declared himself the first emperor of the Han Dynasty
-The Han Dynasty ruled China for more than 400 years.
-rule was broken up into 2 parts because there was a time where they lost power for a short period of time
-very influential, even today people from China often refer to themselves as “people of the Han”
- Bangs steps to unified China
-first goal was to destroy the rival kings’ powers
-he was going to do this by establishing a CENTRALIZED DYNASTY
-this is where the central authority controls the running of the state
-he also lowered taxes and softened the harsh legal punishments of the people
- Empress Lu
-when Bang died his son became emperor, but not really
-the real ruler was the son’s mother. One of Bangs wives
-when Lu died, the people that supported Bang were upset, and they executed the people who Lu had put into power
- WUDI
-after 30-40 years of turmoil and poor leadership, Bangs great – grandson took control of the Hans and his name was Wudi
-he is known throughout history as the “Martial Emperor” because his idea of expanding China was though war
-the first set of people that he had to deal with were the XIONGNU
- XIONGNU
-were fierce nomads known or their deadly archery fro horseback
-usually attacked China’s farms and would take people hostage and steal goods
-early Han emperors would try to send them gifts to stop but they usually wouldn’t quit
-Wudi had other ideas and sent 100,000 men to fight them
- Pyramid
-top tier – Emperor
-2nd tier – king, governor
-3rd tier – state officials, nobles, and scholars
-4th tear – peasants
-5th tier – artisans, merchants
-6th tier – soldiers
-7th tier – slaves
- Han Technology
-advancement included paper. Paper was invented in 105 AD. Before this, books were written in silk
-silk is very expensive compared to paper
-so this allowed for many more people to get an education
Research:
-great wall of china
-ideas: when was it built, which dynasty built it, why was it built, was if effective, interesting facts
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