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China’s First Empire and Its Aftermath
221 B.C.E.-589 C.E.
I. Qin Unification of China
A. The First Emperor: Qin Shih Huangdi
1. Imperial rule and standardization
2. The Great Wall
a. Peasant conscription
B. Qin collapse
II. Former Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E.- 8 C.E.): Cha’ang-an
A. The Dynastic cycle
1. “Mandate of heaven”
B. Early years of the Former Han Dynasty
C. Han Wudi
1. Government monopolies
2. Chinese expansion
D. The Xiongnu: “the barbarian to control the barbarian”
E. Government during the Former Han
1. Legalism v. Confucianism
2. Contenders for throne
a. Court officials
b. Empress dowager
c. Court eunuchs
d. Military commanders. Decline and Usurpation
F. The Silk Road
G. Decline and Usurpation
III. Later Han (25-220 C.E.) and its Aftermath
A. First Century
B. Decline during the Second Century
C. Aftermath of Empire
1. Six Dynasties: 220 C.E.-589 C.E.
a. Developments in the South
b. Spread of Buddhism
IV. Han Thought and Religion
A. Han Confucianism
1. Preservation attempts
2. Cosmological materialism
a. “yin and yang”
b. Inventions
B. History
1. Sima Qian (d. 85 B.C.E.
a. Historical Records
C. Neo -Daoism
D. Buddhism
1. Advantages
2. Fa Hsien
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