Rise And Fall Of Chinese Empires

The Qin Dynasty
1. Changes
  1. Legalism was adopted as the regime's official ideology.
  2. The Qin dynasty made a number of important administrative and political changes
  3. The bureaucracy was divided into 3 parts: *civil division *the military division *censorate
    1. censorate had inspectors who checked on government officals.
2. The Great Wall
  1. The Xiongnu were nomadic people who chinsese feared.
  2. Chinese in the north started buiilding walls to keep them out.
  3. Qin Shihuandi started to connect all the wall in a project called The Great of China,.
    1. Many of the workers died during the project and they were buried with the wall.
3. The Fall
  1. Qin Shihuangdi wanted to sablish a ruled that will be enjoyedj by his sons.
  2. The first Qin emperor died in 210 B.C and the dynasty was overthrown four years later.
The Han Dynasty
1. Founder : Liu Bang
  1. Also known as Han Gaozu (Exalted Emperor of Han)
2. Political Structure
  1. Three ministries
    1. Military, Civil Service, and Censorate
  2. Divided empire into provinces and Countries
  3. Chose government officials on the basis of merit
3. Expansion
  1. Armies went to central Asia and Southern regions below then Chang Jiang and along the coast of the South China Sea
4. Society
  1. Peasants were forced to sell land and become farmers
    1. Land owned by powerful aristocrats
      1. Gathered military forces to make farmers become tenants
5. Technology
  1. Progress made in textile manufacturing, water mills, and iron casting
    1. Iron Casting led to invention of steel
  2. Paper was developed
  3. Rudder and fore-and-aft rigging for ships
    1. Made it possible to carry heavy cargoes and for trade
6. The Fall
  1. Rebel armies sacked the Han Capital (Luoyang)

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