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The Qin and Han
Dynasties
How do governments change?
Chapter 10, Lesson 3
Vocabulary: Ch. 10, Lesson 3
(pg. 292)
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Civil service
Acupuncture
Silk road: a network of trade routes
Currency
Qin Dynasty
 Qin family ruled China
from 221-206 BC, thus
ending the Warring State
period.
 Emperor Qin
Shihuangdi was the first
emperor of China.
 Used Legalism to Rule:
– Strict laws and harsh
punishments
– Executed opposition and
burned books to prevent
new ideas
Shi Huang-di
(259-210 BC)
was a cruel ruler who
readily
killed or banished
those who opposed
him or his ideas.
Qin Dynasty
 Shi Huang-di standardized
Chinese writing, law,
currency, weights and
measures.
 He expanded the Chinese
empire, built a system of
roads and massive
fortifications and palaces.
 ShiHuangdi buried himself
with a life size, clay army.
This army was dubbed the
Terra Cotta Soldiers.
 Great Wall is further built
Great Wall: The emperor connected
and extended the old walls along the
north of China to prevent nomadic
invasions.
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Han Dynasty
Important Political Facts:
 Han family ruled 202 BC until
A.D. 220
 Emperor Han Wudi
expanded the territories ruled
by China.
 Adopted Confucian
principles, rather than
Legalism, to rule China.
 Civil Service System:
selected government officials
based on merit; schools were
set up to train government
officials;
Han Dynasty–
Golden Age
 Contributions:
– Silk
– Cast-Iron Plow
– Paper
– Medicine
– Acupuncture
– Architecture
– Rudder (Ship navigation)
– Silk Road = Cultural
Diffusion
New technology added to the economic
prosperity of the Han era. Contributions
made during this time improved trade,
farming, and manufacturing.
The Silk Road
 Network of trade routes
 Transported expensive goods from China to the
West
 Silk, spices, and other luxury goods
 Stretched from China to the Mediterranean; 4,000
miles long
 China came into contact with other civilizations as
a result of the Silk Road
 Silk road spread ideas, such as Buddhism from
India to China.
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Decline of Han Dynasty &
Buddhism
 Emperors after Han
Wudi were weak
 China divided again into
small kingdoms for the
next 400 years
 People adopted
Buddhism by the 400s
AD