early china the qin dynasty was very harsh on taxes labor and strict punishments. the people of the qin rebeled and a war of rival kings started trouaught china. 2 powerfull people emerged xiang yu and liu bang. Han dynasty the 2 leaders ended up hating eachother and fought there last battle in 202 bc liu bang won and declared himself the first emporer. The han dynasty ruled china for more than 400 years however rule was broken into 2 parts very influential even today people from china often refer to themselves as the Han. bangs first goal was to destroy the rival kings power he was goung to do tis by establishing centralized governemnt this is were the central authority controls the state he also lowered taxes and softened the harsh legal punishments. Empress lu when bang died his son became emprorer but not really the real ruler was the sons mother one of the bangs wifes When lu died the people that supported bang were upset and they executed the people lu had put into power. Wudi after 30 to 40 years of trumoil and poor leadership bangs great grandson took control over the hans. he is known as the martial emprrer. Xiongnu were firece nomad known for there deadly archery on horses usually attacked chinas farm and would take people hostage and steal gods early hand empores would try to send them gifts to stop but they wouldnt quits wudi had other ideas and sent 100,000 men to kill them. pyramid top emporer then king govs the state officials nobles the peasents the artisians the soldiers then slaves. Han technology adnavements included paper silkk is expensive compared to paper more people got educated.
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