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Han Dynasty Let’s Open this Up • Centralized government (not as brutal as the Qin Dynasty) • Followed a policy of expansionism • Opened a trade route called the Silk Road o Linked China with the Middle East o Many goods and belief systems (Buddhism) was traded and spread along the Silk Road • Wudi was the most famous Han emperor What Wudi Do? • Wudi enforced emphasized Confucian values and teachings – he made Confucianism the official belief system of China • Wudi set up civil service examinations which allowed people to obtain government jobs based on merit rather than their family background • Women were expected to obey males (the five relationships) • It was a golden age Decline of the Han • The fall of the Han began in the 200’s AD. • Reasons: Corrupt officials, invasions, revolts of peasants, poverty. • Hired foreign soldiers served in the army for pay, but were not loyal. • Buddhism spread from India to China via the Silk Road • After the fall of the Han Dynasty, China entered a 400 period of chaos • People turned to Buddhism/it offered an escape from suffering • Buddhism was widely accepted during the Warring States Era