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Qin Dynasty

Qin Dynasty. Chinas classical age. Shi Huangdi. First emperor Conquered warring states Abolished feudal states Divided China into military districts. His spies reported on officials Divided nobles lands among peasants Peasants paid high taxes. Positives. Standard weights and measures

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Qin Dynasty

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  1. Qin Dynasty Chinas classical age

  2. Shi Huangdi • First emperor • Conquered warring states • Abolished feudal states • Divided China into military districts

  3. His spies reported on officials • Divided nobles lands among peasants • Peasants paid high taxes

  4. Positives • Standard weights and measures • Standardized money • Roads and canals for transportation

  5. Negatives • Jailed/killed critics • Targeted feudal nobles & Confucian scholars • Book burning of literature and philosophy

  6. Built great wall • Joined previous walls together • Hundreds of thousands of workers • 25” tall with road on top

  7. Wall extended over centuries • Became symbol • Divided Chinas civilized world from “barbarians”

  8. Collapse of Qin Dynasty • Died 210 BC • Revolts over heavy taxes, forced labor & cruel policies • Illiterate peasant leader defeated armies and began the Han Dynasty

  9. Han Dynasty • Wudi - Most famous emperor • Strengthened gov. & econ. • Confucian officials • University at Xian

  10. Improved economy • Improving canals & roads • Granaries for selling grain • Gov. monopoly on iron & salt to reduce taxes

  11. Wudi -The Warrior Emperor • Expanded Chinas borders • Outposts in other parts of Asia • Spread Chinese influence • political marriages for alliances

  12. Opened trade route: silk road • Linked China with west for centuries • exported: silk, jewels, or spices • Imported: grapes, figs, cucumbers & walnuts

  13. Han society • Confucianism made the official belief system of the state • Scholars ran the bureaucracy • Officials required to match the Confucian ideal: courteous, dignified and highly educated

  14. Civil service examinations • Officials got positions on merit • Exams given on local and national level • needed to study Confucian classics, history, poetry and customs based on Confucius • Exams open to all

  15. However: • Only those who could afford years of study could take exam • Occasionally wealthy family would “sponsor” a brilliant peasant boy • Maintained Confucian ideals for 2000 years.

  16. women • Cant take civil service exams • Few women received an education • Role was: obedience and submission

  17. Achievements • Astronomy/time • Technology • Paper • Medicine & acupuncture • Arts and architecture

  18. Collapse of the Han Dynasty • Deterioration of dynasty • Loss of control over warlords • Weak rulers • Heavy taxes • Peasant revolts • Eventually broke into several kingdoms

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