Han Quiz Study Guide
1.Introduction to chapter - similarities and differences between Han and Rome
Han Dynasty: displayed piety, based their dynasty on previous dynasty, free peasants worked on lands, believed in confucianism
Imperial Rome: huge enslaved population worked in lands, imperial government, was polytheistic religion wise.
Both: Infrastructure (building roads, canals), lived traditionally, globalizing empires, centralized governments, expansion through military conquests (the act of acquiring territory or resources through military force or warfare)
2.Qin Empire - features, contributions to Han successes (political and economic)
Political: standard weights and measurements, military, expanding borders
Economic: trade and construction of the silk road
Other: organized state into 36 provinces, new writing system “seal script”
3.Han practices, beliefs that built on Qin
-Bureaucratic system, military expansion, civilian officials, expanding the land, conscripted labor, infrastructure and public works projects
4.Han practices, beliefs that rejected Qin
-rejected Legalism, used Daoism/Confucianism instead
5.Emperor Wu
-One of the most influential and successful rulers in Chinese history
-Emperor of the first Han dynasty (Western or Former)
-Started many military campaigns
- Beliefs in Daoism & confucianism
- Redistributed land to poor farmers to ensure agricultural stability
-founded the Imperial University
6.Imperial University
-College for Scholars to supply well-trained bureaucrats
-Important medical discoveries made, invented magnetic compass, strong Confucian ideas that served as the base for the empire
7.Domestic Life/Social Hierarchy
-free peasantry of farmers bc they were honored for their labor and Producing of food
-Merchants were subjected to controls because of not doing physical labor (belittled)
-took away power from elites
8.Role of women, (Ban Zhao)
-she is worried women are not educated in Confucianism and won't know their role in society
-role is to serve husbands and they are their “masters”, put herself last, be humble
9.Agriculture, (Chau Cuo)
-written by Han emperor Wen’
-focused on agriculture, without it people will not be connected to the land and will desert it leading to poverty
-Criticizes Merchants, thinks they have too much power
10.Pax Sinica - What led to it?
-period of peace after the surrender of Xiongnu (northern ppl), they were able to fight them off as emperor Wu made many advances in their military
-during this period: economic growth, expansion of land
11.Impact of deforestation
-Population grew, migrated South, cleared land causing erosion leading to massive floods
-made people think they lost the Mandate of Heaven, so Wang Mang came to rule
12.Cause and Impact of Yellow Turban movement
-It significantly weakened the Han
Under Mang's rule there are less rules causing increased social inequality leads to rebellion by the Yellow Turbans
-Yellow Turbans are motivated by daoism and demand fair treatment, leads to separation into three kingdoms the Wei, Shu, and Wu