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Highly Structured Society

Highly Structured Society . Standard 1.1 E.Q. What changes occurred under the Han Dynasty? . The Chinese emperor relied on a complex bureaucracy to help him rule. Expensive to maintain the government and army.

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Highly Structured Society

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  1. Highly Structured Society Standard 1.1 E.Q. What changes occurred under the Han Dynasty?

  2. The Chinese emperor relied on a complex bureaucracy to help him rule. • Expensive to maintain the government and army. • To raise money, he increased taxes and part of their crops had to be sent to the government. • Peasants had owned a month’s worth of labor or military service ever year. • Able to build roads and canals, and established irrigation ditches. Structures of Han Government

  3. Civil Service: a government jobs that civilians obtains by taking examinations. • Most examinations involved Confucian knowledge. • Included knowledge of history, law, literature, and Confucianism. • Anyone could take the exam but in practice only wealthy landowners had a chance to educate their sons. Confucianism, Road to Success

  4. Paper was invented to 105 A.D., before that history was written on silk. • Paper was cheaper, leading to education spread in China. • Collar harnesses for horses were also invented. Chinese perfected a plow that was more efficient because it had two blades. Improved iron tools, invented the wheelbarrow, and water mills. Technology Revolutionizes Chinese Life

  5. Population of China increased to 60 million. • Agriculture became the most important and honored occupation. • Manufacturing and commerce were actually very important to the Han Empire. • Monopoly: group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods. Agriculture Versus Commerce

  6. Ran huge silk mills by the government. • As contact with people form other lands increased, Chinese realized how valuable their silk was as an item of trade. • Chinese commerce expanded along the Silk Roads to most of Asia, India, and eventually to Rome. Silk grow in importance

  7. Assimilation: The process of making conquered people part of Chinese culture. • Sent farmers to settle newly colonized people, it also encouraged them to intermarry with local people. • Government officials set up schools to train people in the Confucian philosophy and then appointed local scholars. The Han unify Chinese Culture

  8. Women during the Han Dynasty led quiet lives at home. • Devoted themselves to their families. • Nuns were able to gain an education and lead lives apart from their families. • Women in aristocratic and landowning families also sometimes pursued education and culture. Women’s Roles

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