Philosophies and Zhou/Qin/Han China
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| 242637681 | Warring States Period | a time of political turmoil, with regional warlords constantly challenging the authority of the Zhou (China) | 0 | |
| 242637682 | Legalism | believed humans were naturally evil and would only obey authority through force. Strict laws, harsh punishments, and sacrifice of personal freedom for the good of the state. | 1 | |
| 242637683 | Laozi | a philosopher who supposedly lived during the 6th century BCE who encouraged people to follow the Dao, "path". | 2 | |
| 242637684 | Dao | "path" | 3 | |
| 242637685 | Daoism | a philosophy that emphasized acceptance and individual retreat from society. (China) | 4 | |
| 242637686 | Confucianism | started by Confucious... says everyone has a place in society and all have resposibilities in their relationships with others. Sees the family as the foundation of society that serves as a model for benevolence, duty, and courtesy. | 5 | |
| 242637687 | Qin Dynasty | - Legalism - first emperor was Shi Huangdi - built first fortifications of Great Wall - burnt all books except those that hada practical use | 6 | |
| 242637688 | Shi Huangdi | - ruled from 221-210BCE - stripped nobility of power and divided China into administrative provinces governed by administrators that served at his pleasure - built roads to move armies and for communication - forced subjects to build public works - built Great Wall - burned Confucians - standardized laws and currencies - created mandate that the Shang version of writing would be used everywhere | 7 | |
| 242637689 | Han Dynasty (political & economic) | - Liu Bang - not a good military leader, but he picked able bureaucrats - Confucianism! - nonhereditary bureaucracy - took "mandate of heaven" idea from Zhou - followed by Han Wudi, who said large estates would be broken up and given to sons - empire grew - urban areas grew - emperor lived in forbidden city - canals built and silk trading | 8 | |
| 242637690 | Han China (Social) | 3 classes: 1. scholar-gentry: controlled large amounts of land and held positions in the government. Passed wealth to sons. Linked with shi, eventually passed them. 2. Ordinary, free citizens: peasants. had to work a designated number of days on public works, and could be forced to join the army 3. Underclass: non- Han Chinese on the borders.. slaves, but less prominent than Rome | 9 | |
| 242637691 | Han Wudi | 2nd ruler of Han Dynasty, issued a decree that required nobility to divide their land among their sons so that large estates would be broken up, checking the lords' power | 10 | |
| 242637692 | forbidden city | Han Dynasty: where the emperor and his family and close advisors lived. - scholar-gentry houses surrounded the city | 11 | |
| 242637693 | Shi | scholar bureaucrats (mandarins), men of service | 12 | |
| 242637694 | scholar-gentry | controlled large amounts of land and held positions in the government. Passed wealth to sons. Linked with shi, eventually passed them. highest class of Han China | 13 | |
| 242637695 | ordinary free citizens | peasants. had to work a designated number of days on public works, and could be forced to join the army | 14 | |
| 242637696 | Underclass | non- Han Chinese on the borders.. slaves, but less prominent than Rome | 15 | |
| 242637697 | Han Dynasty inventions | brush pen paper water mills rudders compasses new mining techniques | 16 | |
| 242637698 | Han Dynasty | patriarchy | 17 | |
| 242637699 | calligraphy | the artistic rendering of the written word, highly prized in Chinese society | 18 | |
| 242637700 | Han Dynasty | acupuncture | 19 | |
| 242637701 | Decline of Han Dynasty | empire grew too large to defend and there was corruption in the government | 20 | |
| 242637702 | Zhou Dynasty | 12th century BCE longest of all the Chinese dynasties. Western and Eastern (capital: Luoyang) | 21 |
