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Learning Goal: Students will understand the state-building of the Han Empire.

Learning Goal: Students will understand the state-building of the Han Empire. Journal 15. Explain the technological advancements and trade under the Han Dynasty. HW. Read the Rome/Han Comparison Doc online Create a Double Bubble to show the similarities and differences between Rome and Han.

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Learning Goal: Students will understand the state-building of the Han Empire.

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  1. Learning Goal: Students will understand the state-building of the Han Empire.

  2. Journal 15 • Explain the technological advancements and trade under the Han Dynasty.

  3. HW • Read the Rome/Han Comparison Doc online • Create a Double Bubble to show the similarities and differences between Rome and Han.

  4. Chapter 5 Qin & Han Dynasty

  5. China: Qin Empire, 221-206 B.C.E. • Ends Warring States period • Shi Huangdi – first emperor of China; unified China

  6. Qin Empire, 221-206 B.C.E. • Totalitarian government based on Legalism • Eliminates Confucian thought because of benevolent ruler idea = limits power of emperor • Established standard weights, measures, and coinage, uniform law code, and common system of writing

  7. Qin Empire, 221-206 B.C.E. • Empire ends with Shi Huangdi’s death • Builds tomb: Terracotta Soldiers

  8. Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E. • Beginning of imperial China tradition • Established by Liu Bang • Agriculture taxes supported imperial institutions • Dependent on large population of free peasants to contribute taxes and services to the state (similar to Rome) • Expanded size of empire with population growth • Economy based on silk production = Silk Road trade with Rome

  9. Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E. • Family was the core of Chinese society; included ancestors • Confucianism • Huge discrepancy between upper and lower class

  10. Han Imperial Government • Still Mandate of Heaven: Emperor rules like a god on earth – Son of Heaven • Gentry class (Confucian, wealthy educated local land owners) helped local official administration

  11. Strong centralized govt under Emperor Wu • Elaborate bureaucracies - Civil service exams

  12. Decline of Han Empire • Nomadic groups unify to invade China = costly to imperial government • Uprisings of suppressed peasants • Governmental corruption • Famines, floods, inflation

  13. Fall of Rome vs. Han China fell primarily because of internal pressures (social unrest, govt. corruption, economic) • Rome fell to internal (economic, social unrest) and external (invasion) pressures

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