Chinese dynasties
Qin Dynasty
-harsh taxes, labor quotas, and punishments
-the people revolted during this dynasty and almost all of china was at war
-two powerful people emerged: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.
-these two hated each other and fought their last battle in 202 BC.
Han Dynasty
-Liu bang won, and declared himself emperor of the Han Dynasty
-the han dynasty ruled china for more than 400 years.
-the empire was temporarily split into two parts as a result of a momentary loss of power
-some people even today refer to themselves as "the people of the han"
-the first goal of Bang's rule was to destroy the rival kings. he helped this be setting up a Centralized Goverment
-he lowered taxes, and softened the harsh legal punishments, and put most of the power into the central leaders
-when bang died, his son became emperor, but not really
-the real emperor was not Bang's son, but one of Bang's wives
-when empress Lu died, people that supported Bang killed anyone that Lu gave power
Wudi
-after 40 years of a crappy government, Bang's great grandson took power.
-he was called the "Martial Emperor" because he expanded china with war.
-He hated the Xiongnu, which were fierce nomads that were wicked archers from horseback, and terrorized the small villages of china, so Wudi sent 100,000 troops to fight them
-Wudi's troops won
-Hierarchy pyramid
top- Emperor
2nd- King, Governer
3rd- State officials, nobles, and scholars
4th- peasants
5th- artisans, and merchants
6th- soldiers
7th- slaves
Han technology advancements were influenced greatly by the invention of paper. before paper, everything was written on silk. silk is very expensive. paper allowed the education level in china to skyrocket.
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