early china-
the qin dynasty were very harsh on taxes labor quotas and strict punisshments. the people of the qin dynasty rebelled and a war of rival kings started throughout all of china.
han dynastty-
these two leaders ended up hating each other and fought there last battle in 202 b.c.- liu bang won and declared himself the first emperor of the dynasty.
Bangs steps to unified china-
first goal was to destroy the rival kings power. he was going to do this by establishing centralized government.
empress lu
the real ruler was the sons mother. one of the bangs wives. when lu died the ppeople the supported bang were upset and they executed the people who lu had to put into power.
wudi-
after 30-40 years of turmoil and poor leadership bangs great grandson took control he is known throughout history as the martial emperor
Pyramid
top tier emperor
2nd tier- king,governor
3rd tier-state officials. nobles and scholars
4th tier- peasants
5th tier-artisans, merchants
6th tier,soldiers
7th tier- slaves
han technology-
advancements includin paper. paper was invented in 105 a.d. before this book were written in silk. silk is bery expensive compared to paper.
xiongnu-
were fierce nomads known for their deadly archery. usually attacked chinas farms and would take people hostage and steal goods. early han emperors would try to send them gifts to stop but the usually would not quit
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