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Contributions
of the Qin amd Han Dynasties
- Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 B.C.)
- Qin was a state that fought and ignored the authority of the
Zhou kings. It defeated the chied rivals and declared the
creation of a new dynasty.
- The ruler of Qin was Qin Shihuangdi (the 1st Qin
Emperor). he was ambitious and came to thonre when he
was 13years old.
- The ruler of Qin was Qin Shihuangdi (the 1st Qin
Emperor). he was ambitious and came to thonre when he
was 13years old.
- Legalism was adopted as the regime's (government in power) official
ideology. People who opposed, were punished.
- This dynasty made important administrative and political changes, being a
model for future dynasties.They ruled a highly centralized state. The
bureaucracy was divided into three parts: civil division, military division and
the censorate (had inspectors who checked on government officials to
make sure they were doing their job.) It became a standard procedure.
- Below the central government were the
administration, divided into provinces and
countries. They did not iherited their
positions.
- Qin Shinhuangdi unified China. Creating a single monetary
system and ordering the building of system roads. All of them
led out from its capital city Xianyang. He was also equally
aggressive in foreign affairs. He supplied his armies using a
canal dug.
- The Qin emperor major foreign concern was people from the Gobi.
Being afraid of their great power and horse back riding activities
made Chinese states in the area to began building walls to keep the
Xiongnu (nomads) out. This project was called the Great Wall of China. The
ones built during the Qin's dynasty disappeared long ago.
- The Qin emperor major foreign concern was people from the Gobi.
Being afraid of their great power and horse back riding activities
made Chinese states in the area to began building walls to keep the
Xiongnu (nomads) out. This project was called the Great Wall of China. The
ones built during the Qin's dynasty disappeared long ago.
- Qin Shinhuangdi unified China. Creating a single monetary
system and ordering the building of system roads. All of them
led out from its capital city Xianyang. He was also equally
aggressive in foreign affairs. He supplied his armies using a
canal dug.
- Below the central government were the
administration, divided into provinces and
countries. They did not iherited their
positions.
- This dynasty made important administrative and political changes, being a
model for future dynasties.They ruled a highly centralized state. The
bureaucracy was divided into three parts: civil division, military division and
the censorate (had inspectors who checked on government officials to
make sure they were doing their job.) It became a standard procedure.
- Qin was a state that fought and ignored the authority of the
Zhou kings. It defeated the chied rivals and declared the
creation of a new dynasty.
- The Han Empire (202 B.C. - A.D 220)
- The founder of the Han Dynasty was Liu Bang, a man of
peasant origin who became known by his tittle of Han
Gaozu (Exalted Emperor)
- The first Han emperor discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty.
Their Philosophy were Confucian and Legalism. They divided the empire
into provinces and counties. Han dynasty introduced the civil service
examination and established a school to train these candidates. Students
were expected to learn the teachings of Confucius.
- Han Wudi expand the Chinese Empire, added the
southern regions below the Chang Jiang into the
empire. South China Sea became part of the empire.
Han Wudi also had to deal with Xiongnu, the nomads
beyond the Great Wall to the north.
- The Han period was one of great prosperity. Farmers had many
demands one of them was military service and forced labor of
up to one month per year. Poor peasants were forced to cell
their land and become tenant farmers. Lands were held by
powerful landed aristocrats.
- New technology started such as textile manufacturing,
water mills for grinding grain and iron casting. With the
invention of the rudder and fore-and-draft rigging, ships
could sail into the wind for the first time. Chinese ships
carrying heavy cargoes to travel thought the Indian Ocean.
- Paper with writing on it dates from around A.D 100. The Chinese has figured out
how to make paper of better quality. They made it with linen rags were soaked in
water, they were mixed with potash and mashed into a pulp. A frame with a
freshed bamboo mesh was lowered into this vat pulp. Any extra water was
removed before the sheets of paper were hung up to dry
- Paper with writing on it dates from around A.D 100. The Chinese has figured out
how to make paper of better quality. They made it with linen rags were soaked in
water, they were mixed with potash and mashed into a pulp. A frame with a
freshed bamboo mesh was lowered into this vat pulp. Any extra water was
removed before the sheets of paper were hung up to dry
- New technology started such as textile manufacturing,
water mills for grinding grain and iron casting. With the
invention of the rudder and fore-and-draft rigging, ships
could sail into the wind for the first time. Chinese ships
carrying heavy cargoes to travel thought the Indian Ocean.
- The Han period was one of great prosperity. Farmers had many
demands one of them was military service and forced labor of
up to one month per year. Poor peasants were forced to cell
their land and become tenant farmers. Lands were held by
powerful landed aristocrats.
- Han Wudi expand the Chinese Empire, added the
southern regions below the Chang Jiang into the
empire. South China Sea became part of the empire.
Han Wudi also had to deal with Xiongnu, the nomads
beyond the Great Wall to the north.
- The first Han emperor discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty.
Their Philosophy were Confucian and Legalism. They divided the empire
into provinces and counties. Han dynasty introduced the civil service
examination and established a school to train these candidates. Students
were expected to learn the teachings of Confucius.
- The founder of the Han Dynasty was Liu Bang, a man of
peasant origin who became known by his tittle of Han
Gaozu (Exalted Emperor)
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