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BellringerJanuary 30, 2012. Take out Chapter 7 Notes Guide Take out your writing utensil. Chapter 7, Section 3: The Qin and Han Dynasties. January 26, 2012. Objectives. Today, we will be learning about the Qin and Han dynasties. Emperor Qin Shihuangdi . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Take out Chapter 7 Notes Guide
Take out your writing utensil
Bellringer January 30, 2012
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Chapter 7, Section 3:The Qin and Han Dynasties
January 26, 2012
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Today, we will be learning about the
Qin and Han dynasties.
Objectives
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*Qin Shihuangdi, “the First Qin Emperor,” took over one by one & changed gov’t to legalism.
*Those who opposed him were punished/killed.
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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*Books opposing him were burned
Strong central government
*Appointed censors
*Made sure government officials did their jobs.
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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Qin abolished the officials’ authority to pass their posts on to their sons.
He became the only person authorized to fill empty posts.
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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*Unified China by creating one currency & building roads.
*Qin connected the Chang Jiang to central China by a canal at Guangzhou.
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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*Built the Great Wall◦ *Started by several
Chinese rulers in the north
◦ *To keep out Xiongnu Nomads who lived in the
Gobi Masters at fighting on
horseback◦ *Forced farmers to
build it Work on connecting and
strengthening walls
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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• The end to the Qin dynasty–Aristocrats angry– Farmers hated him– 210 B.C. people
overthrew his dynasty–Civil War
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi
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• *Founded by Liu Bang
– *Peasant who became a military leader
– *Threw out Qin’s harsh policies
– *Liu Bang declared himself Han Gaozu, “Exalted Emperor of Han.”
The Han Dynasty
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• *Han Wudi– *Created hard test
for government jobs
– *Students began preparing for the test at age 7
– *One in five passed
The Han Dynasty
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The empire grew rapidly Division of farm land
◦ Large families◦ 1 acre of land◦ Families could not grow
enough to live on.◦ Farmers sold their land to
aristocrats ◦ Became tenant farmers
Work on land owned by someone else and pay rent in crops
◦ Aristocrats forced more farmers to sell land
The Han Dynasty
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Peaceful living for 150 years◦ Han armies added land◦ The dynasty made the
country more secure
Inventions◦ *Waterwheels◦ *Iron drill bits◦ *Steel◦ *Paper◦ *Acupuncture◦ *Rudder◦ *New way to move the
sails of ships
The Han Dynasty
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*Acupuncture is the practice of easing pain by sticking needles into patients’ skin.
Large network of trade routes
Carried Chinese goods as far as Greece and Rome
*Silk was the most valuable trade product
The Silk Road
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*An expensive trip◦ Merchants had to
pay taxes to many kingdoms
◦ *Carried *Silk *Spices *Tea *Porcelain
The Silk Road
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*Buddhism came to China from India via merchants & teachers.
*People believed in Buddhism as the Han dynasty fell.
Major Changes in China
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*Civil wars & emperors after Wudi were weak & foolish.
*Central gov’t = lost respect & power.
Major Changes in China
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*Luoyang, the Han capital, was attacked by a rebel army in AD 190.
*Civil war broke out, nomads in the north, & Han dynasty collapsed
Major Changes in China
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*The Chinese felt unsafe, so they found refuge in Buddhism.
Major Changes in China