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Imperial China: Golden Age Dynasties

Imperial China: Golden Age Dynasties. Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E. “People of the Han”  original Chinese Paper invented [105 B.C.E.]  Silk Road trade develops; improves life for many Buddhism introduced into China Expanded into Central Asia. Han – Roman Empire Connection.

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Imperial China: Golden Age Dynasties

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  1. Imperial China: Golden Age Dynasties

  2. Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E. • “People of the Han” original Chinese • Paper invented [105 B.C.E.]  • Silk Road trade develops; improves life for many • Buddhism introduced into China • Expanded into Central Asia

  3. Han – Roman Empire Connection

  4. Chang’anThe Han Capital

  5. Emperor Wudi, 141-87 B.C.E. • Started public schools. • Colonized Manchuria, Korea, & Indochina • Civil service system  • Confucian scholar take tests to get jobs with the gov. • Chinese landscape painting.

  6. Han Artifacts Imperial Seal Han Ceramic House

  7. Ceramics, Later Han Period

  8. Trade Routes of the Ancient World

  9. Tang Dynasty, 618-907 C.E. • Imperial examination system perfected. • Liberal attitude towards all religions. • Spread of Buddhism in China • Golden Age of foreign relations with other countries.  • Japan, Korea, Persia

  10. Tang Dynasty, 618-907 C.E. • New technologies: • Printing moveable print  • Porcelain • Gunpowder • Mechanical clocks • Cosmopolitan culture. • Safety of the Silk Road. • Tea comes into China from Southeast Asia. 

  11. Empress Wu Zetian, 624-705 • The only female Empress in China’s history who ruled alone.  • New irrigation systems. • Buddhism was the favored statereligion. • Financed the building of many Buddhist temples.

  12. Song [Sung] Dynasty, 960-1279 C.E. • Creation of an urban, merchant, middle class. • Emphasis on education & cheaper printed books. • Magnetic compassmakes China a great sea power! 

  13. Song Peasant Family

  14. Rice Cultivation Began Under the Song

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