World History Honors

Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty 221-206 B.C.E.

• Established China’s first empire
• Qin Shi Huangdi 
• Legalist rule →

1. Bureaucratic administration
2. Meritocracy
3. Centralized control Censonate 
4. Military expansion
5. Single Currency
6. Unified system of weights and measurements
7. Built a system of roads
8. Book Burnings → targeted Confucianists

• Built large section of the Great Wall

Foot Binding

Broken toes by 3 years of age

Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E. 220 C.E)

• “People of the Han” → original Chinese
• Paper invented (105 B.C.E.)

Emperor Wudi, (141-87 B.C.E.)

• Started public schools
• Colonized Manchuria, Korea, and Vietnam

Song (Sung) Dynasty (960-1279 C.E)