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Han dynasty
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Golden age of china.
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Denning Rajit
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Han dynasty
Social structure
legalistic nature
eliminate corporal punishment system
highly structured
clear definition of class
3 tiered Social system
First class
Aristocrat & bureaucrats
Middle class
farmers & iron workers
Wealth depended on them for Ag. products
below farmers
Artisan & craftmens
Third class
Merchants, commoners & servants
made to wear white clothing
indicated low Social status
Head
powerful relative
Empress dowager or the wife of the previous emperor
Others
Regents and eunuchs
Emperor male relatives
Scholars, nobles, government officials
Emperor
dictate by status not wealth or power.
retain from the Qin dynasty
Culture
Era of cultural & technological advances.
rival the Romans in the field of art and science
Eastern Han period
caligraphy and painting no longer pure letter symbols only.
The use of ceramics began to be more popular
Emperors and noblemans adorned their tombs with
potteries
warriors
servants
cooking utensils
furniture
Religion
Economy
Inventions
Loom
Silk weaving invention
the creation of the Silk trading route between China and western Countried
Silk Road
Paper
Eunuch Cai Lun
104 A.D.
Bamboo fibers & mulberry bark
water and pound with a wooden tool
pour mixture over a flat cloth& dried
Light weight writing material
Education, teaching, & philosophies recordings
simpler and easier, easy to carry around.
Literature
Historian Sima Quan
Book of Chinese History
from Huang Di To Emperor Wu
Yuefu or Music Bureau
collect and record
ceremonial chants and songs of the common people
East Korea (384AD)
610A.D korean monk to Japan
Arab empire during war between Tang dynasty
Arab nations
Chinese monks in search for Buddhist sutras.
India
oldest recorded paper made was 2nd BC.
Western Han
Eastern Han
revolutionised civilization, Culture & Education
seismograph
creation of new farming Tools
Wheel barrow
Iron casting process
Better weaponry, tools, domestic goods.
Western Han dynasty
Eastern dynasty
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