Dynasties of China

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Dynasties of China

Qin (221-207 BC) (Rome & Carthage)

• Qin Shi Huangdi (first emperor): first & only


emperor
• Adopted Legalism: strict rules of punishment
• Standardized currency, language,
measurements, laws
• Built first Great Wall
• Women--lived with the husband's family
Qin (221-207 BC)
• Brutal ruler executed dissenters, burned books
• Cracked down on Confucians: freedom
• Many enemies, dynasty falls after his death
• Buried in his elaborate tomb
Where they think Qin is Buried!
Guarding His Tomb: Terracotta
Warriors—Pit 1
Han (202 BC-221 AD) (Roman Empire)
• Legalism replaced by Confucianism
• Introduced civil service examination (scholar
gentry)
• Silk Roads developed, opens trade
• Capital city was Chang'an, urban, well-planned
Han (202BC-221AD)
• Buddhism introduced, paper invented
• Great increase in population, landholdings
• Nomadic raiders
• Corruption, weak leaders
• Han make up 90% of the people
Roman Vs. China
Chang’an: Han Capital
Liu Sheng Tomb (113 BC

Jade suit has 2,498 pieces


Life under Wu Di: Power in 141 BC
• Had defense on the Great Wall using smoke
and flag signals
• Regular mail delivery
• Trained police dogs
• Developed the Silk Road
The Silk Road
General Ban Chao: Han General and
Colonial Administrator
• 1. Smooth communications along Silk Road
• 2. Aware of Rom--China and Rome both
consider themselves the center of the
universe
• 3. Began to trade silk through Persia to Rome
221-581(AD)
• War lords control China-no centralized gov’t
• •Non-Chinese nomads control much of China
• •Buddhism becomes popular-Confucianism
failed
Sui (581-618AD) (Rome in Shambles--
Germanic)
• Completed Grand Canal
• High taxes, forced labor: public works
expensive
• Military failures (couldn’t conquer Korea)--
overextend in territory
• Assassination ends dynasty
The Grand Canal
The Grand Canal Today
Sui Dynasty

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