Han Dynasty

AgendaBell Ringer: Reading Quiz Chapter 4 and 5.1.Finish Rome, Review Han China2.Primary Document Analysis: Han China and the Civil Service System.3.The Downfall of a Civilization

1. Discussion of downfall, modern examples?

4.Comparative Outlines (Essay Formatting)

Controlling the Empire• Starts off with a

Feudal System• A blend of legalist

philosophy and Confucianism– Without the sin and

violence.– Civil Service

Examinations• Taxation Common– Had to be paid in cash– Peasants at a

disadvantage.

The Economy and Military• Han suspicious of

private merchants.– Heavy taxation– Not allowed to be in

public office.• Relied on waterways

for transportation.• Military originally

required– Professional armies

adopted…

Imperial Expansion• Silk Road becomes

a dominant trade route.

Tiberius – the ladies are transferring our money to foreigners.

Paper is invented.Great Wall

expanded under the Han (not the one today)

Religion and CultureConfucianism is

official Religion.Buddhism begins

showing up in Western China.

Qin idea of terra cotta army is continued under the Han.Modest Scale

Decline• Emperors more worried

about material goods than control.

• Noble families take over vast areas of China, continuing a feudal existence.

• Corruption in the government led to unrest by peasantry.

• Invasion by Northern nomadic tribes common.

• Four hundred years of anarchy and military rule follow.

Comparative Essay OutlineThesis (1)

Similarity, Difference, and Analysis

Valid Comparison/Contrast (2)

Evidence (2)Direct Comparison

(1)Analysis, why the

comparison (1)