Persia and Chinese Unification

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Persia and Chinese Unification
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Persia
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Persian Empire

• Cyrus the Great founds the Empire
• Cyrus military and government success!
• Hewish peoples rebuild (religious role)
• Rule of Cambyses
• Darius Provinces and Satraps
• Persian Royal Road
• Zoroastrianism Zoroaster, monotheism, good
  versus evil, still around today!

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Confucianism

• Life of Confucius
• Five Relationships
• Filial Piety
• Bureaucracy
• Civil Service System

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Daoism and Legalism

• Laozi and The Way of Virtue
• The Dao or the Way
• Hanfeizi and powerful government
• Strict laws and harsh punishments
• Confucian scholars and book burning
• Development of the Yin and Yang

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Qin Dynasty

• 221 to 206 BC (short time frame)
• Imperialistic / Legalist Perspective
• Centralized State
• Shi Huangdis Rule
• Development of Great Wall
• Building Shi Huangdis Burial Tomb

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Terracotta Soldiers
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Qin Dynasty

• Accomplishments of the Qin
• Decline successors do NOT maintain control of
  the people REBELLION!

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