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China Chpt. 5 The Earth and it's people.

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1st millennium BC
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2. The Origins of Imperial China, 221 B.C.E.–220 C.E. 1. Resources and Population 1. China is a large region marked by significant ecological, topographical, biological, and climatic diversity. 2. The two most important resources that supported the imperial Chinese state were agricultural production and labor. Agricultural production in China was intensive and was taxed by the government. The most productive agricultural region was the Yangzi Valley, which began to be linked to the centers of political power (Chang’an and Luoyang) by canals.

The Conrad-Demarest Model of empire: Basic Principles

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The Conrad Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles ? I.? Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: state-level government Rome:? republic Han:? kept most of Qin centralized government in place high agricultural potential in the area Rome:? wheat, grapes, cattle Han:? wheat, millet, pigs an environmental mosaic Rome:? Alps, Mediterranean Sea, forests, Tiber and other rivers, hills Han: Tianshan mountains, Yellow and Yangtze river, loess soil, Pacific Ocean several small states with no clearly dominant state (power vacuum) Rome and other city-states on Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states, Egypt, Judea, Syria, Cyprus, Gaul, Romania, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, Carthage, etc. Han:? Qin empire broken into smaller states
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