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Classical China

What is the Silk road? It was a network/roads that was very useful because it contained better trading routes, and it generated luxury products to central Asia

What was its significance in Han China? Its significanc in China was since china was the only country to have silk it linked itself to the world by having the advantage of trading these certain products.

**Leader Analysis Sheet** He was in power for 35 years. He created a strong brutal dictatorial government where everything the king said it had to be done. He created a strong network of roads and canals in order to trade. The Zhou Dynasty was considered to be the worst and known successful out of the three( Zhou, Qin, and Han), so in his mind he needed to reverse that. || Believed in the in following the school of five elements which were earth, wood, metal, fire, and water. He was to be ruled by water because historians believe the Zhou dynasty was ruled by fire. He eliminated the freedom of thinking or doing what a person wanted, which was known as the Hundred Schools of Thought. Took action and burned down ancient scholar books that would help influence China but still wanted them burned. || Historians know of one time when two men attempted to assassinate him but it didn’t work, but both men were able to escape even with a lot of man hunt behind them. Qin also built his own tomb for the after life. It consisted of 300,000 thousand, but some believed he ordered 720,000 non paid laborers to build his tomb. ||
 * **Name of Leader:** Qin Shi Huanghi ||
 * **Lifespan:** ( 259 B.C – 210 B.C ) || **Title:** Qin Dynasty ||
 * **Country/region:** Classical China || **Years in Power:** 35 ||
 * **Political, Social, & Economic Conditions Prior to Leaders Gaining Power:**
 * **Ideology, Motivation, Goals:**
 * **Significant Actions & events During Term of Power**
 * **Short-Term effects:**

The time period he ruled wasn’t very big, and when he died the region of the Qin Dynasty collapsed and a new Dynasty would emerge.

Many ordinary people in the society of the lower class were very upset at not having wages but if complained they would be killed. || **Long-Term Effects:**

Built the great wall of China (more than 2/3 of it).

He built The Epang Palace south of wei river.

Expanded China and built new cities. ||

Classical China Terms – Feel free to add images
 * Shi Huangdi || Founder of the Qin Dynast in China in 221 B.C.E ||
 * Qin || Established in 221 B.C.E, a dynasty that lasted a very short period of time after the **Warring States period, and was ruled by Shi Huangdi.** ||
 * Han || After the Qin dynasty this was established in 202 B.C.E, and l**asted 400 years.** ||
 * Zhou || Originally a vassal family of Shang China, overthrew the Shang and established second historical Chinese dynasty that flourished 1122 to 256 B.C.E ||
 * Great Wall || A huge wall built during the Qin dynasty by Shi Huangdi. Specifically proven he built only **2/3’s of it.** ||
 * Daoism || A Philosophy associated with Laozi that relied on a cosmic force. ||
 * Confucianism || Founded by Confucius the ancient Chinese scholar, who stressed the importance of respecting your elders, male authority, and the veneration of household ancestors. Also the importance of recognizing ones art, music, and calligraphy. ||
 * Legalism || A way of **gaining control over schools and the practices of schools, and political theorists, and consuming strict and legal control over all of their activities.** ||
 * Bureaucracy || The body of officials and many administrators. ||

**ESPIRIT Chart** You must include main ideas and details in each category

Civilization/Nation/Group___Han Dynasty__

Time Period__400 years after Qin dynasty__

Population of China grew even larger once more. Classical China contained the largest structure of government during that certain time period. || Ruler Wu Ti (140-87 B.C.E) wanted and established peace throughout the continent of Asia. Differed from Qin because they rather have the powers of bureaucracy then central authority. .By the end of Han dynasty China had about 130000 bureaucrats, representing 0.2% of population. Emperor had limited power because of bureaucracy. || Scholar bureaucrats were widely respected of their learning and often their noble birth. || No man religion because chinese benifited a lot from philosophy and intellect. || Freedom of making into Bureaucracy whether you were upper class, or lower it didn’t matter, but the majority and preferences were for the upper class. ||
 * E || Expanded Chinese territory by pushing into Korea, Indochina, and central Asia.
 * S || Expansion gave the Chinese direct access to India for trade and the Mediterranean to trade with the Romans. Also it gave contact with the Parthian Empire in the middle east which is how trade with the Romans was possible. ||
 * P || Han rulers continued to have control much like the centralized administration of the Qin Dynasty, but was not as cruel and didn’t punish anyone like Shi Huangdi.
 * I || Ruler from the Han Dynasty realized it wasn’t about strict authority but by doing what they must to establish and prosperity to all.
 * R || Confucianism was accepted by all emperors, and was respected and expected of everyone to follow it. Some worshiped him as a God.
 * I || Quality of Han declined after two centuries because central control weakened and had invasions from central Asia. These people were referred to as the Huns.
 * T || The Chinese were the most tightly governed people in any large society in the world. ||

 **Confucianism** Confucius was an ancient Chinese scholar who believed in his countries future while others didn’t. Even though China was facing its worst times, Confucius believed if China could rebuild their social, and agricultural structures, they would once again have peace, and order. His ideas were not respected by many rulers simply because of the authority one ruler had compared to everyone else. Kings and emperors at that time hardly accepted ideas from other scholars, or philosophers. Confucius was not a wealthy or powerful man which would really come to show as to why many, especially the emperor did not care or want anything to do with him. When reading about him I felt a connection to **Thomas Jefferson and his beliefs for America’s future**, and how China would have influenced more if they had listened to him. Confucius was a great scholar, and the rise of the Han Dynasty would come to show his brilliant structure for organized life and society. He believed in respect for all aspects of Chinese Life, from relationships with people family, he stressed the importance of respected your elders, male authority, and finally the veneration of the households ancestors. Confucius also believed in the importance of art, music, and elegant calligraphy because knew it would maintain social order and a government that would last a very long time if maintained correctly. He lived from 551 and 479 B.C.E. He lived during a very stressful time period for China. Even though china was at its darks ages, when **Confucianism was brought in The Han Dynasty, it influenced several modern day countries such as Japan, Korea, and most of Asia. As you can Confucius and his ideas were enough to convince me he was a great scholar with a lot of knowledge, and awareness of what his dream was for his nation.** Main Idea: Government and the Superior. Confucius was the founder of certain methods and religious systems. Qin Shi Huang **Statement:**

**I consider my Scholar to be the best simply because of his discovery that man kind needs a certain religious, and agricultural way to survive other than just having a king or an emperor telling you what is right and wrong, and not having the respect you should have for elders, and not appreciating the art, must and calligraphy others made. He created a basic social structure that benefits a lot of countries even in modern day** **  **