The Han Dynasty

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The Han Dynasty

• By Anthony, Chris, Austin

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Location of the Han

• The Han Dynasty was located in Eastern China from
  206 B.C.E 220 C.E

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Facts about the Han

• The Han Dynasty was a period of economic
  prosperity
• Gaodi Emperor First emperor of the Western Han
  Dynasty
• One of the greatest Han Dynasty achievements was
  the invention of paper.

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Society in the City

• Nobles and ordinary Chinese lived in the city.
• Nobles has big and comfortable homes with a
  courtyard and gate.
• Ordinary people lived in small 1 story homes.
• Women usually did not have their own rooms.
  Ordinary people had to work hard as opposed to
  the Nobles.

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Society in the Country

• Chinese farmers lived and grew their crops out in
  the country.
• They worked hard from sunrise to sunset.
• Rice was a huge crop for the south and the North
  grew wheat and millet.
• Farmers lived in 2 storied homes.
• Men between ages 20-50 had to serve the
  government for one month each year.

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Social Hierarchy
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Food

• There was a great abundance of food due to a lot
  of farming and raising of animals by the
  peasants.
• Diets consisted of chestnuts, pears, plums,
  peaches, melons, and bamboo shoots.
• They also consumed geese, cows, sheep, camels and
  dogs.

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Population Growth

• They had an increase in urbanization, growth of
  industry, trade, and nationalization
• The empire expanded westward to as far as the
  Tarim Basin.
• They had trade routes which brought many new
  cultures to their empire.
• There were remarkable advances in science and
  technology during the Han dynasty.

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Culture

• Education, culture, and science were huge during
  the Han Dynasty.
• Rulers instituted a Confucian system of
  government government officials were issued
  based on merit, instead of being born into it.
• Once paper was invented, painting and calligraphy
  flourished, and fine porcelain was created.

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Economy

• The economy became badly damaged due to the
  policies of the former dynasty.
• Heavy taxes were imposed on the peasant
  population.
• Construction of The Great Wall took a toll on
  china as well.

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The Fall

• When population started growing people needed
  more food, farmers could not provide enough food
  and many people began to starve.
• Individuals started making more money which made
  the currency less valuable and things got very
  expensive.
• Social order became mixed up because poverty
  started to spread due to huge families with no
  income.
• The Han empire collapsed by 220 CE.

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Han vs US

• During the Han dynasty, cities were urbanizing
  really fast which caused a huge population
  growth.
• They didnt have enough workers to keep up with
  societys demands.
• City urbanization of today are urbanizing
  extremely fast but we have a strong government
  that can control the economy.

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Bibliography

• http//polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/yanglu/ECC_HISTORY_H
  AN20DYNASTY.htm
• http//www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/Ancie
  ntChinaCurriculum/DailyLifeintheHanDynastyAssignme
  nt.htm
• http//www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/
  eastern.htm