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China8000 BCE – 600 CE
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• Dynasties with emperors
• Mandate of Heaven– Rulers have a responsibility to rule with
compassion– Respect of superiors
• Start of bureaucracy
Politics (State-building, conflict, Political structures, Empires, Revolts and revolution)
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Politics (State-building, conflict, Political structures, Empires, Revolts and revolution) • Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE)
• Western Han (206 BCE- 9 CE)
• Wang Mang (9-23 CE)
• Eastern Han (25-220 CE)
• Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE)
• Collapse of empires in China from internal problems – economic depression, natural catastrophe, social unrest
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The Han Dynasty
Wu Ti (Wudi)• Expanded the empire• Strengthened the
bureaucracy through civil service exams
• Promoted Confucianism
• Repaired dykes, built 80 mile canal
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Period of Disunion 220-581
General Cao Cao on the eve of a battle he would loose
Leading General in the final years of the Han Dynasty
Bird overhead signifies bad omens
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Sui Dynasty 581-618
Wendi- 1st Emperor of Sui
Period of great economic prosperity
Buddhism was the central philosophy
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Economics (Agriculture, trade, commerce, labors systems, industrialization, capitalism, socialism)
• Lots of money flowing in from Silk Roads • Primarily Agricultural
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Han Dynasty
• roads constructed
• Silk Road trading increased
• Iron Age; modernized army (iron weapons, etc.)
Economics (Agriculture, trade, commerce, labors systems, industrialization, capitalism, socialism)
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• Patriarchal Confucian principles • Women only power in court • Scholars/officials military artisans• Few live in cities
Social (Gender roles/relations, family, racial & ethnic constructions, social and economic classes)
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• Polytheism• Ancestor worship • Confucianism• Legalism • Daoism• Spread of Buddhism from India ..\..\Videos\APWH\
The_Traditional_Religions_of_China.mov
Culture (Religions, philosophies, Science, technology, art, architecture)
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Human-Environment Interaction(Demography, disease, migration, technology)
• Iron Age
• Modernized army
• Paper, accurate sundials/calendars, agriculture improvements (plow)
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• Brush painting • Palaces• Sculptures
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Culture (Religions, philosophies, Science, technology, art, architecture)
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Why do you think China was able to accept two belief systems, Confucianism and Daoism?
Write your hypothesis on your paper.