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Title: The Han Dynasty


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The Han Dynasty
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The Government
  • Bureaucracy
  • Highly organized centralized government
  • Civil Service Exam
  • Scores determined who received positions in the
    government
  • Exams based on Confucian philosophy
  • No favoritism had to prove they were qualified

3
Han Bureaucracy
http//libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/e-asia/read/qinhantit
.pdf
4
Achievements
  • Paper
  • Wheel Barrow
  • Compass
  • Seismograph

5
Achievements
  • Acupuncture
  • Inserting needles into certain points in the
    human body can alleviate pain
  • Believed to restore health well being

6
The Economy
  • The Silk Road ? trade route that connected Xian
    China to Rome
  • Chinese exported silk to rest of the world
  • Sold the Government stored surplus grain, iron,
    salt
  • surplus to raise income instead of raising taxes

7
  • http//www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/res
    ources/han.html
  • http//www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/h
    an.html
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