CHAPTER 7 Han Dynasty China And Imperial Rome‚ 300 BCE–300 CE Chapter Study Outline I. China and Rome: How empires are built A. Unprecedented power: Roman and Han characteristics 1. Size‚ quality‚ and lasting worldwide impact 2. Cultural‚ economic‚ and administrative control B. Empire and cultural identity 1. Han a. Civilian magistrates and
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illustrated in the poem. From the context of the poem‚ it is clear to say that there are at least two characters involved‚ a female playing a harp and a man named Chou Yu. Since this era is taken place during the Han and Tang Dynasties in China‚ the status of women was in the growing process. In the Han era‚ women were considered inferior to men and were not even allowed to read and write. They were governed by Confucianism‚ which illustrates that women should be gentle‚ meek and obedient to men. The tradition
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part‚ Romans disapproved of new tools that were being invented‚ unimpressed by hammers and tongs‚ they thought tools were useless and made people indolent. On the other hand‚ most Hans thought technology was a wonderful thing‚ making peoples lives easier and completing tasks faster. To better understand the Roman and Han impression on technology‚ one must understand their opinions and situations regarding the use of new tools and other technological advances. The Romans challenged the efficiency
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presided over the brutal silencing of political opposition‚ including the event known as the burning of books and the burying of scholars. The Han dynasty followed after only 12 years‚ and was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism‚ which became the ideological underpinning of all regimes until the end of imperial China. Under the Han Dynasty‚ China made great advances in many areas of the arts and sciences. Emperor Wu consolidated and extended the Chinese empire by pushing
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SNAPSHOT: “Empire Building in the Classical World” SPEC Sheet for Akkad and Babylon (pg. 56-58) Social Code of Hammurabi: System of strict justice 1 of earliest written law code Parents arrange marriage for children 2 parties sign marriage contract Mesopotamia was patriarchal (men dominate society) Women had fewer rights Men could divorce women if they don’t meet expectations Wife who neglects responsibilities/humiliates husband could be drowned Political Sargon: leader of Akkadians 2340 B.C
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of the waterways‚ and supplying enough workers to those who are to carry out the repair work. This shows that the Han cared about the common people. In document 2‚ it talks about the tools and how when they were produced by the families they were well made‚ but when they were produced by the state using convict labor‚ they were more crude and not very functional‚ showing that the Han cared about how well the tools are working. In document 3‚ it
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China created by the two dynasties Quin and the Han a very continuous project that took many many years over a period of 2‚500 years! Although the wall was a long harsh project the walls also required much sacrifice on the part of the Chinese people. The benefits of the wall were to keep out the Mongols‚ even though the wall was for protection and security I think the benefits do not outweigh the costs and here’s why. First of all when the Quinn and the Han were building the wall you would expect them
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sky and even higher than a swallow? In the horse culture of China‚ it indeed has been recorded that the swiftest horses could actually catch up with birds. The work of ancient Chinese art I referring to is the Bronze Galloping Horse‚ from the East Han Dynasty about 2‚000 years ago. By 221 B.C.E.‚ the Qin ruler‚ Shih Huang Ti‚ had replaced the last Zhou emperor‚ and ruled all of China. In fact‚ his title‚ Shih Huang Ti‚ meant first universal emperor‚ while his dynasty’s name came to represent all
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the non-Greek and non-Chinese foreigners encountered by both historians. Herodotus’ work arises from his extensive travels and interest in other peoples‚ while Sima Qian’s “The Account of Dayuan” serves a strictly strategic purpose to facilitate the Han emperor’s rule. However‚ both works do share a common theme of ethnocentric superiority. Herodotus and Sima Qian imply the superiority of their own cultures vis-à-vis the foreigners they encounter. Ultimately‚ their works converge in their similarities
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lasting nations such as Han‚ which controlled the eastern China for 400 years‚ to nations that collapsed all of a sudden‚ like Qin. Even though there were countless numbers of nations existed in this period‚ there were some unchanging factors: strong centralized government and existence of shi. However‚ they also had various change in politics over time‚ which is the variation of fundamental idea. First of all‚ every major nation during period 1200BCE and 220CE‚ Zhou‚ Qin‚ Han‚ established centralized
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