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    The dynasties of China transformed its government and society from the Xia dynasty to the Yuan dynasty. The Qin dynasty first unified China under one ruler and standardized the legal system, currency, and writing. The Han dynasty built upon the Qin reforms and saw a period of peace and prosperity with the establishment of a civil service system. Later dynasties like the Tang and Song saw cultural and economic heights but internal struggles led to the foreign Yuan dynasty conquering China.

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    The dynasties of China transformed its government and society from the Xia dynasty to the Yuan dynasty. The Qin dynasty first unified China under one ruler and standardized the legal system, currency, and writing. The Han dynasty built upon the Qin reforms and saw a period of peace and prosperity with the establishment of a civil service system. Later dynasties like the Tang and Song saw cultural and economic heights but internal struggles led to the foreign Yuan dynasty conquering China.

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    The dynasties of China transformed its government and society from the Xia dynasty to the Yuan dynasty. The Qin dynasty first unified China under one ruler and standardized the legal system, currency, and writing. The Han dynasty built upon the Qin reforms and saw a period of peace and prosperity with the establishment of a civil service system. Later dynasties like the Tang and Song saw cultural and economic heights but internal struggles led to the foreign Yuan dynasty conquering China.

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    Chinese Dynasties

    Xia to Yuan

    E.Q. How did China’s imperialistic dynasties transform its


    government and change its society?
    Xia
    2200 – 1750 BCE (approximate)
    • Founded by Yu the Great
    • First Chinese Dynasty
    • No written records
    • Only information comes from artifacts of
    bronze and pottery
    **Not sure of their existance**
    Shang (1750 - 1045 BCE)
    • Developed writing • Ancestor Worship
    system

    www.cultural-china.com
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    Zhou (1027 - 250 BCE)
    • Developed the Mandate of Heaven
    • City-states within empire run by
    warlords – warlords fought one another
    for power and authority
    • This weakened the power of the Zhou
    rulers
    • Became known as the Warring States
    Period
    • Confucianism and Daoism introduced
    Imperial: having supreme
    authority over an empire

    Imperialism: a nation’s
    economic and political
    influence over other nations
    Qin (221 - 207 BCE)
    • Through series of wars
    unified all of China
    • Qin Shihuangdi became
    China’s first emperor

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    Transformation of
    Government
    • Adopted Legalism:
    *centralized government
    *divided China into regions
    *appointed government
    officials oversaw the
    regions -- enforced the
    rules of the emperor –
    ensured that workers did
    their jobs
    *took power away from
    nobles (hereditary power)
    *burned books
    *executed people who Uselesstree.typepad.com

    spoke against government


    Qin Accomplishments
    • Great Wall
    *built to protect the
    northern frontier
    *connected smaller walls
    that were already in place
    *peasants forced to work
    *people taxed to help pay
    for it
    • Standardized (made the
    same throughout China)
    – Weights and measures
    – Currency (coins) www.hdwallpaperimages.com

    – Writing System
    Qin Accomplishments
    • Built a system of roads
    and irrigation canals to
    help the army travel
    more quickly and to help
    the spread of trade

    • Terra Cotta Soldiers


    – In his obsession with his
    death and afterlife, he had
    thousands of clay figures
    made and put in his burial
    chamber
    Han (202 BCE - 221 CE)
    • Dynasty began by a peasant revolt
    against the Qin. The leader of the
    revolt, Han Gaozu, became the first
    Han Emperor.
    • For 300 of the 400 years that the Han
    Dynasty ruled, China was peaceful and
    prosperous.
    • Qin Influence:
    • *China remained divided into regions
    • *Continued the use of government officials to oversee the
    regions.

    • Han Changes:
    • *Developed a civil service exam to find the best qualified
    people to help with the business of the government.
    • *Set up a school to train people for government work.
    *Confucianism replaced Legalism
    • 5 Relationships supported peace and order and strengthened the
    position of the Emperor
    • Under Han rule, the population of China tripled and the
    empire was extended north, south, and west
    Han Advancements
    • Buddhism
    introduced
    • Paper invented
    • Great Wall
    extended
    • Silk Road begun
    **end of isolation
    221 - 581 (CE)
    • Warlords control china - no centralized
    gov’t
    • Non-Chinese nomads control much of
    China
    • Buddhism becomes popular -
    Confucianism failed
    Sui (581 - 618 CE)
    • Completed Grand
    Canal
    • High taxes, forced
    labor
    • Military failures
    (couldn’t conquer
    Korea)
    • Assassination ends
    dynasty
    Tang (618 - 907 CE)
    • High point of Chinese culture
    • Rebuilt bureaucracy
    – Examination system
    – Confucian education
    – Limited social mobility
    • Buddhism supported, then oppressed
    • Invention of movable print, porcelain,
    gun powder
    Tang (618 - 907 CE)
    • Wu Zetian - Only Empress in Chinese
    history
    Decline
    • Weak emperors, nomadic incursions,
    economic difficulties
    • Warlords take control
    Song (969 - 1279 CE)
    • Large centralized bureaucracy (Neo-
    Confucian)
    • Mercantile class grows, increased trade
    • Magnetic compass, growing sea power
    • Weak military
    Yuan (1279 - 1368 CE)
    • Mongol Khubilai Khan conquers China
    • Economic stability and prosperity
    • China more open to trade and travel (Marco
    Polo)
    • Ignored Chinese traditions, replaced
    bureaucrats with non-Chinese
    • Unsuccessful attacks on Japan, corruption
    weakens dynasty
    • Peasant rebellion ends Yuan

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