Han dynasty

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Golden age of china.
Denning Rajit
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Han dynasty
  1. Social structure
    1. legalistic nature
      1. eliminate corporal punishment system
        1. highly structured
          1. clear definition of class
            1. 3 tiered Social system
              1. First class
                1. Aristocrat & bureaucrats
                2. Middle class
                  1. farmers & iron workers
                    1. Wealth depended on them for Ag. products
                      1. below farmers
                        1. Artisan & craftmens
                    2. Third class
                      1. Merchants, commoners & servants
                        1. made to wear white clothing
                          1. indicated low Social status
                      2. Head
                        1. powerful relative
                          1. Empress dowager or the wife of the previous emperor
                            1. Others
                              1. Regents and eunuchs
                                1. Emperor male relatives
                                  1. Scholars, nobles, government officials
                                2. Emperor
                              2. dictate by status not wealth or power.
                          2. retain from the Qin dynasty
                        2. Culture
                          1. Era of cultural & technological advances.
                            1. rival the Romans in the field of art and science
                              1. Eastern Han period
                                1. caligraphy and painting no longer pure letter symbols only.
                                  1. The use of ceramics began to be more popular
                                    1. Emperors and noblemans adorned their tombs with
                                      1. potteries
                                        1. warriors
                                          1. servants
                                            1. cooking utensils
                                              1. furniture
                                  2. Religion
                                    1. Economy
                                      1. Inventions
                                        1. Loom
                                          1. Silk weaving invention
                                            1. the creation of the Silk trading route between China and western Countried
                                              1. Silk Road
                                          2. Paper
                                            1. Eunuch Cai Lun
                                              1. 104 A.D.
                                                1. Bamboo fibers & mulberry bark
                                                  1. water and pound with a wooden tool
                                                    1. pour mixture over a flat cloth& dried
                                                      1. Light weight writing material
                                                        1. Education, teaching, & philosophies recordings
                                                          1. simpler and easier, easy to carry around.
                                                            1. Literature
                                                              1. Historian Sima Quan
                                                                1. Book of Chinese History
                                                                  1. from Huang Di To Emperor Wu
                                                                2. Yuefu or Music Bureau
                                                                  1. collect and record
                                                                    1. ceremonial chants and songs of the common people
                                                            2. East Korea (384AD)
                                                              1. 610A.D korean monk to Japan
                                                              2. Arab empire during war between Tang dynasty
                                                                1. Arab nations
                                                                2. Chinese monks in search for Buddhist sutras.
                                                                  1. India
                                                      2. oldest recorded paper made was 2nd BC.
                                                        1. Western Han
                                                          1. Eastern Han
                                                            1. revolutionised civilization, Culture & Education
                                                            2. seismograph
                                                              1. creation of new farming Tools
                                                                1. Wheel barrow
                                                                2. Iron casting process
                                                                  1. Better weaponry, tools, domestic goods.
                                                                3. Western Han dynasty
                                                                  1. Eastern dynasty
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