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1029 BCE-258 BCE

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exchange of land for promises of taxes and military, landowners became more powerful than rulers

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Belief that Gods transfer their power to specific family in China that is meant to establish a dynasty

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new family establishes dynasty, dynasty grows weak, internal/external rebellions, new dynasty emerges

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402 BCE- 201 BCE

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- Competing interests of landowning class and ruling class cause political turmoil
- No political unity- China is very weak

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- Confucianism emerges
- Harmony and Relationships
- Main writing - The Analects
- Emphasized family- filial piety

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- Founded by Lao Tze
- Main writing- Tao-Te-Ching (The Way of Virtue)
- Human actions are not important
- Natural order of things
- Search for knowledge and understanding of nature

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221 BCE- 0206 BCE

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- First emperor
- Rejected Confucianism
- Created a strong central bureaucracy
- Used legalism

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- Powerful government
- Strict laws and punishments
- Citizens should not question the government

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started construction of the Great Wall

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terracotta statues that guarded Shi Huangdi's tomb

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206 BCE- 220 CE

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- Chinese technology became advanced: silk and paper making
- Paper increased literacy

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(140-87 BC)
- Most famous emperor
- Brought peace to much of Asia
- Expanded territory
- Civil service examination

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- Brought back Confucianism
- Treated Confucianism as religion-shrines constructed

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continued construction of Great Wall

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- The desire for rare Chinese luxury goods led to the Silk Road: trade routes that connected China with India and Rome
- Flourished
- Trade: silk, jewelry, leather goods, agricultural goods