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Qin, Han, Tang, and Song
Dynasties
Qin Dynasty (240-202 BC)
Built roads
• Standardized
currency,
measures, writing,
and law
• Built Great Wall
Emperor Shi Huangdi
• Founded Qin
dynasty
• Buried at Xian with
>7,000 terra cotta
soldiers
Legalism
• Humans are not
moral on their own
• Reward good
• Punish evil
Han Dynasty (202 BC- AD
220)
• Civil service exams
• Paper, double
bladed plow,
wheelbarrow
• Government
monopolies of silk
and other goods
Liu Bang
• Founded Han
dynasty
• Brought back
Confucianism
• Wife Lu was next
ruler
Social Structure
• Emperor
• Court: nobles,
officials, scholars
• Peasants (valued
because they grew
food)
• Artisans
• Merchants
• Slaves
Family
• Father had authority
over everyone
• “Raising daughters
is like raising
children for another
family”
End of the Han
• Weak rulers
• Larger gap between
rich and poor
• High taxes
• Led to Period of
Disunion (220-589)
Tang Dynasty (681-907)
• Empire expanded
• Trade increased
• Wu Zhao was only
Empress with no
emperor
Tang cont.
• Buddhism was
popular
• Woodblock printing
Song Dynasty (960 - 1279)
• Ruled from southern
China
• Developed porcelain
and
• moveable type!
Foot Binding
• Women with
dainty feet were
considered
beautiful
• Women’s feet
were bound into
the 1900s
Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368)
• Mongols led by
Genghis Khan
took over China
• Largest land
empire ever