Transcript Dynasty`s of Ancient China

“T’ien Ming”
The Mandate of Heaven –
1. Divine approval
2. Lead by ability and virtue.
3. The dynasty's leadership must be
justified by succeeding generations.
4. The mandate could be revoked by negligence
and abuse
Start here
Dynasty overthrown
Through rebellion
New Dynasty
emerges
Poor lose
respect for govt.
They join rebels
& attack landlords.
Strong dynasty
Establishes
Peace and prosperity
The
Dynastic
Cycle
Old Dynasty seen as
lost Mandate
Lives of common
people improved;
taxes reduced;
farming encouraged.
Problems Begin
Taxes raised,
dynasty corrupt
Droughts,
floods,
famines occur.
Dynasty’s of Ancient China
 Zhou
Dynasty –
 Bureaucratic Govt.
 Confucianism
○ Feudalism – nobles use land belongs to
king in return for loyalty and military
service
 Roads, canals, coined money, iron
○ Farming easier, produce more, farmers
thrive
Dynasty’s (cont)
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Qin Dynasty
 Legalist – unify country
 Autocracy – unlimited power in arbitrary way
 Great Wall of China – laborers worked or
died, built for protection from Mongolians
THE EARLY HAN DYNASTY
Confucianism
○
Centralized government and expansion
Bureaucracy rule
taxes on agriculture, trade, and craft
Iron, Farming tools
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Silk textiles – trade west
Paper production
Silk Road built
HAN TROUBLES
Tension between poor and rich
Raised taxes
Defense consumed against nomads
Problems of land distribution
Early Han supported land redistribution
Small landowners to sell property , few had land left
Some sold into slavery
Collapse of the Han
Central government paralyzed
Han dissolved
China divided into regional kingdoms
Mauryan Empire
Asoka - King of the Mauryan Empire
 Bureaucratic
 Promotes Buddhism for religious
tolerance and his mission to promote
nonviolence
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Gupta Empire
Hinduism
 Families were patriarchal
 Southern India families were matriarchal
 Decimal system, concept of zero
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Persian Empire
Cyrus (Persian king),
 Darius (noble of ruling dynasty)
 Zoroaster – God of Light
God of Darkness
 Installed satrap (local governor), Royal
Road (road system), standard money
and tribute
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