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Han China

Han China. Restore Unity Highly Structured Society Culture Improvements Fall and Return of the Han. Restore Unity. Qin Dynasty left a bad taste in peasants mouth Peasants rebeled and rival kings tried to regain control over their regions

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Han China

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  1. Han China Restore Unity Highly Structured Society Culture Improvements Fall and Return of the Han

  2. Restore Unity • Qin Dynasty left a bad taste in peasants mouth • Peasants rebeled and rival kings tried to regain control over their regions • Liu Bang defeats Xiang Yu and becomes the first emperor of the Han Dynasty • He reestablished a centralized government with commanderies reporting to him

  3. Restore Unity • He gained support by lowering taxes and softened punishments. • Empress Lu: When Liu died, his son was the new emperor, but only in name • Empress Lu took over and named two infant sons the emperor • After her death, Liu followers came back in support of his family and executed Lu’s family

  4. Restore Unity • Wudi, known as the “Martial Emperor,” gained land by war • He extended the empire from Manchuria to Korea in the north and to the south to Vietnam

  5. Highly Structured Society • Emperor had Divine Authority • Emperor relied on a complex bureaucracy to help rule • Very expensive: Peasants owed crops and merchants paid taxes and labor or military service for a year – Great Wall • Used Confucianism to provided a highly trained bureaucracy

  6. Culture Improvements • Paper: Helped make printing books and keeping laws easier – Spread education • Collor harness – horses could pull heavier loads, two blade plow • Iron tools, invented the wheelbarrow • Agriculture was important to feed population, but so was commmerce • Empire created monopolies • Silk became a very important resource – Silk Road

  7. Unification of Chinese culture • Assimilation: Making conquered people part of China • Also unified China by writers recording China’s History • Women had the role of taking care of the home – Confucianism • Nuns were able to lead lives away from family • Some wealthy women ran shops and practiced medicine.

  8. Fall and Return of the Han • Gap between rich and poor grew • Wang Mang took over during time of political instability and overthrew the Han– Ending the first half of the Han Dynasty • Mang minted new money, offered public granaries, and took land from wealthy • In CE 11, a flood killed thousands and millions were homeless – Mang was assassinated and the old imperial family took over (Later Han)

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