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Classical China:Qin/Han DynastiesSlide2
ShangZhouWarring StatesQinHan
Sui
Tang SongYuanMingQingRepublicMao Zedong
Chinese Dynasties
Smelly zebras will quit having smoothies. Then sometimes you might quiet racist mice.Slide3
The Origins of Imperial China (Overview)
Qin create China’s first empire by unifying China
Barely survived after the death of their ruler, Shi Huangdi
Power then moved to the Han Dynasty
China remains unified for many centuriesSlide4
Resources and PopulationMost people lived in Eastern China, by fertile rivers and the Pacific Ocean
China is isolated due to mountains and deserts but trade routes finally spring up with Persia
Silk Road: Caravan routes connecting China to the Middle East
Agricultural production was the primary source of wealth and taxes
Qin and Han: Every male was required to donate one month of labor a year to a public works project (palaces, temples, military buildings, roads, etc.)
Also two years military serviceSlide5
Hierarchy, Obedience, and BeliefAncestor veneration
Important to have sons to carry on family
Women were not to participate in public lifeWomen in lower classes may have had more privileges Slide6
Women in Classical China“A woman’s duties are to cook the five grains, heat the wine, look after her parents-in-law, make clothes, and that is all! …She has no ambition to manage affairs outside the house… She must follow the “three submissions”. When she is young she must submit to her parents. After her marriage, she must submit to her husband. When she is widowed, she must submit to her son.”Slide7
Qin - The First Chinese EmpireFollowing a period of “warring states”
Qin
becomes first empire, gives us word “China”
Qin is pronounced “Chin”
Shi
Huangdi
, name means first
emperor
Totalitarian government
Used Legalism
C
racked down on Confucianism, which demanded kindness and nonviolence from its leaders
Unified Chinese culture following period of warring states
Weights, measures, coinage, law code, writing, the length of carts
Built
many roads (like Romans)
Beginnings of the GREAT Wall of ChinaSlide8
The Long Reign of the HanPut an emphasis on Confucianism
Emperor Wu expands empire
Natural disasters or successful revolutions mean the leader has lost the Mandate of Heaven
Widow of emperor would choose his successor from their family
Like Romans, local government officials did most of the work
Government universities trained young men for high positions (gentry) in the ways of Confucianism
Daoism becomes popular with the common peopleSlide9
Technology and TradeQin developed iron tools
Crossbow, watermill, horse collar
Silk: most important exportDecline of the Han Empire
Nomadic tribes seen as barbarians often invaded
Xiongnu
: A collection of nomadic peoples
Cost of wars took a toll on their economy