Han Emperors in China
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 kingd started throughout all of china
- two powerful people emerged: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang
Han Dynasty
- there two leaders ended up hating each other and fought theri last battle in 2012 BC- Liu Band won and declared himself the first emperor of the Han Dynasty
- the Han dynasty ruled china for more than 400 yrs. However their rule was broken up into 2 parts because there was a time where they lost their power for a short period of time.
- Very influential even
Bang's steps to unified China
- first goal was to destroy the rival's kings' power
- he was going to do this by establishing Centralized government
- 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 sons' mother. one of the Bang's 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 yrs of turnoil and poor leadership, Bang's great- grandson took control of the Hans and his name is Wudi
- He is known throughout history as the "Martial Emperor" because his idea of expanding China was through war.
- The first set of people that he had to deal with were the Xiongnu
Xiongnu
- Were fierce nomads known for their deadly archery from horseback
- usually attacked China's farms and would take people hostage and steal goods
- Early Han emperors would try to send then gifts to stop but they usually would not quit.
Pyramid tiers
1 emperor
2 king governor
3state officials nobles scholars
4 peasants
5 artisans merchants
6 soldiers
7slaves
Han Technology
- Advancements included paper, Paper was invented in 105 Ad. Before this book were written in silk
- silk is very expensive compared to paper
- so this allowed for many more people to get and education
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