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Imperial China

Imperial China. Qin-Song. Qin Kingdom. Western Kingdom Semi-Barbaric Farming/Herding PM Shang Yang (362BC) Reforms State Legalist. 325BC Qin named a KDM 223BC Chu falls 222BC Zhao and Yan fall 221BC Qi falls. Li Si (280-208BC). Educated by Xun Zi Unification

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Imperial China

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  1. Imperial China Qin-Song

  2. Qin Kingdom • Western Kingdom • Semi-Barbaric • Farming/Herding • PM Shang Yang (362BC) • Reforms State • Legalist

  3. 325BC Qin named a KDM • 223BC Chu falls • 222BC Zhao and Yan fall • 221BC Qi falls

  4. Li Si (280-208BC) • Educated by Xun Zi • Unification • Marriage Alliances/ Military Alliances • State by State Advance • Take or Assassinate Scholars

  5. Suppress Intellectual Criticism/Confucianism • Book burnings • Five Pains

  6. Qin Shi Huangdi (259-210BC) • Ying Zheng • Renames self 1st Emperor of the Qin • Conquers other states

  7. Qin Empire

  8. Qin Political History • Legalism • 1) China divided into provinces • 2) Feudalism abolished/ Governors appointed • 3) Military and Civilian power separated • 4) Inspectors in each province • 5) Unified money/ measures/ wheel axles/ writing • 6) System of imperial highways • 7) Weapons melted • 8) Great Wall of China • 9) Single Law Code • 10) Book burnings • TOTALITARIANISM

  9. Fate of Qin Shi Huangdi • Assassination Attempts • Gen. Jing Ke • Sends an expedition east to magical islands for and elixir of life • Body Doubles • Mercury Pills • 210 BC dies

  10. Fall of the Qin Empire • Qin Er Huangdi (r.210-207BC) • Natural Disasters • Rebellions break out

  11. Qin Contribution • 1) Unification of China • 2) Pacification of Northern barbarians • 3) Unification of Chinese society • 4) Establishment of a bureaucracy

  12. Chu vs. Han (206-202BC) • Civil War

  13. Xiang Yu (Chu) • Noble • Trained in military arts • Battle of Julu (207BC)- 200,000 Qin buried alive • Feast of Hong Gate

  14. Liu Bang (Han) • Poor Peasant • Bandit • Battle of the Wei River • Chu army drowned • Xiang Yu defeated and killed

  15. Han Dynasty (202BC-AD220)

  16. Liu Bang • Emp. Gao (r.206BC-195BC) • Centralized Gov’t • Re-Introduced Confucianism/Daoism • Lowered Taxes

  17. Xiong Nu • Northern Mongolian Barbarians • Horse Culture • Stirrups • Maodun • Chinese Strategy • 1) Appeasement= Marriage • 2) Conquest • Defeated around AD 200

  18. Emperor Wu the Great (156-87BC) • Empire expands to Korea/Vietnam/Caspian Sea • Confucianism becomes “state philosophy” • Confucian Universities established • Salt, Iron, Liquor Monopolies • Taxes fall to 1.33%

  19. Inventions • Paper • Silk • Steel • Seismograph • Chemical Warfare • Lime

  20. Wang Mang • Confucian Scholar • Personality Cult • 1 Wife • No Wealth • Produces Divine Signs • Marries daughter to sickly emperor • Emperor dies (Poisoned??) • Proclaims self emperor

  21. Xin Dynasty (AD 9-23) • “New” Dynasty • Turn Back the Clock Policy • Zhou era names • Well-Field System • 6 Government Monopolies • Market Price Controls • Income Tax • 28 Types of Coins • Laziniess Tax • Natural Disasters/ Plagues/ Foreign Invasion • Wang Mang killed

  22. Later Han Dynasty (23-220) • Emperors take a back seat • Eunuchs arise • Confucians lose power • Buddhism arrives in China

  23. Revolt Spreads Against Han • Taoist Agrarian Cults arise • Yellow Turbans • Five Pecks of Rice Group • Generals seize power

  24. Han Contributions • 1) Han Ethnicity • 2) Silk Road • 3) Science • 4) Syncretism • 5) Japan/Korea/Vietnam

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