Han Dynasty 202 B.C.E-221 C.E

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Han Dynasty202 B.C.E-221 C.E

• Staci Hastings Jamie Lyver

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Geography
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Geography

• To the west, Himalayas
• Yellow and Yangzi River
• Major crop was rice
• Annual flooding of rivers
• Changán

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Trade

• Major trade with central and southeast Asia
• Further to India and Mediterranean
• Currency and coin minting grew significantly
• Silk road
• Workers had salaries

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Economy

• State collected taxes
• Major trade expansion
• Manufactured weapons, operated shipyards,
  granaries and trade

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Economic acheivments

• Textile manufacturing
• Water mills
• Iron casting
• Paper
• Mirrors
• Compass
• Language
• Government System

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Class and Gender

• Merchants had severe constraints
• Peasants became tenants
• Farmers were taxed to the state
• Hierarchy(with Emperor at the top)
• Lui Bang

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Gender issues

• Wives did not have the same treatment as men

Women were to Obey Stayed at home and did house
work Denied rights
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The slaves of Han

• Roughly 1 of population
• Privately owned owned by the state
• Private/ worked domestically
• State owned/worked for public
• Bottom of hierarchy

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Political

• Central government
• First emperor was Liu Bang
• Headed by a grand council

Local Government Divided into provinces
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Philosophers

• The integration of Confucianism and Legal
  practices was created rapidly
• This system was known as State Confucianism
• The ideology of Confucianism was applied to the
  government and the leaders were chosen by
  character over birth

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New technology

• Seismograph made in 132 C.E
• Used to predict earthquakes and the movement of
  the earth
• Small iron balls sit in the mouth of the dragons
  and when it senses earth movements it drops into
  the frogs mouth, then measurements can be taken

South seeking compass http//www.youtube.com/w
atch?vJPZ_DkR4aZ4
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Religion

• Ritual Sacrifices , animals and food to deities
  and spirits
• It was believed that each person was a two part
  soul, the spirit soul (Hun) and the body soul
  (Po)
• The emperor acted as the highest priest
• The deities were known as the Five Powers
• They believed that if the emperor did not behave
  according to ritual he could disrupt the balance
  and cause earthquakes, floods etc.

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Religion cont.

• Believed that immortality could be achieved by
  performing breathing exercises, sexual techniques
  and medical elixirs
• Everyone lived in harmony through yin and yang
• The horse was a very spiritual animal

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Art

• The Han invented paper, lead glazed ceramics and
  had complex ways of silk weaving
• Sculptures and small figurines
• Art work and inscriptions have been found on the
  side of tombs

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Architecture

• Mirrors
• Multi storied buildings
• Many different designs of rooftops
• Brick making
• Artistic courtyards were made

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