Wednesday 24/10/12

Han emperors in china

  • indian or chinese term
  • qin dynasty - harsh and strict labor taxes and punishments
  • war of rival kings
  • xiang yu, liu bang
  • last battle in 202BC liu won
  • Han Dynasty lasted for more than 400 years
  • lost power for short time
  • very influential
  • people of the han
  • destroy rivals power
  • centralized government
  • lowered taxes and softened punishments
  • Bang died, son became emporer
  • empress Lu acted as real ruler
  • executin people
  • Wudi 
  • Great Grandson, martial emperor
  • war = expansion
  • xiongnu 
  • nomads, deadly archery, attacked farms, 100000 men to fight them, 
  • emperor, king/governer, officials/ nobles, peasants, artisans, soldiers, slaves
  • 105 AD
  • silk is more expensive than paper, switching = more education...
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