Classical Chinese Empires Flashcards

218241328	Han	imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy	0
218241329	Han Feizi	founder of Legalism	1
218241330	Han Wudi	a Chinese emperor; after Zhang Qian came back from his expedition, Zhang suggests trade relations between China and Bactria through India, and Han thought that was a fantabulous idea; China imposed political and military control over vast territories and promoted trade	2
218241331	Legalism	In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime. (p.52)	3
218241332	Liu Bang	helped overthrow Qin dynasty, 1st emperor of the Han dynasty, was born a peasant and worked way up to emperor	4
218241333	Maodun	The most successful leader of the Xiongnu. He brought strict military discipline.	5
218241334	Qin	Dynasty that came to power in China in 221 B.C. under which the first true empire of China was created	6
218241335	Qin Shihuangdi	Ruler of China who united China for the first time. He built road and canals and began the Great Wall of China. He also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and writing.	7
218241336	terra cotta warriors	a clay army set up to guard shi huangdi's tomb in the afterlife	8
218241337	book burning	The practice of destroying often ceremoniously books or other written materials.	9
218241338	Shang Yang	Most notable legalist and wrote the book of Lord Shang	10
218241339	Sima Qian	chinese scholer,astronomer,and historian; wrote the most important historyof ancient china	11
218241340	Wang Mang	ruled for a child emporer then takes over (9 AD - 23 AD) sets up graineries for the poor, new money, because of land reforms people didn't like him; 11AD = bad flood (he was blamed); he was assasinated	12
218241341	Xiongnu	A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168)	13
218241342	Yellow Turban Uprising	Large revolt throughout China during the Han dynasty led by desperate peasants wearing yellow turbans. This uprising tested the resilience of the Han state during the late second century CE. It weakened the Han state during the second and third centuries CE. Leads to fall of Han Dynasty	14
218241343	The Martial Emperor	Han Wudi	15
218241344	Former Han	1st and strongest period of Han rule, unified China	16
218241345	Later Han	2nd, weaker period of Han, never regained same strength, tax corruption and frequent revolts	17
218241346	sinicization	The adoption and absorption by foreign people of Chinese language, customs and culture.	18