Classical China SAQ by Deborah Wing-Leonard https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu Answer one of the following in a new comment to the right. en-us 2016-07-14 11:21:19 UTC 2023-02-04 04:41:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Image of civil service exams during the Han Dynasty. Civil Service exams were offered to recruit government employees. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/116402027
A)  Identify and explain how the image reflects classical China's political structure.
B) Identify and explain how the the image reflects classical China's social structure.
C) Identify and explain the way another civilization organized political or social structure in the classical period.]]> 2016-07-14 11:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/116402027 Eric C debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/116409117 A)  Han Dynasty had a bureaucracy, with Confucian-educated officials operating multiple levels of the government.]]> 2016-07-14 13:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/116409117 Emily R. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947449 C. The Byzantine Empire also utilized bureaucracy, but their training was not based on Confucianism. Officials in the government served in judicial and fiscal roles.]]> 2017-01-02 00:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947449 B) Evan G. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947526 China gave high status to scholars. Those who mastered Confucian classics were rewarded with important government positions. Much less respect was given to merchants, as they handled dirty money.]]> 2017-01-02 00:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947526 Benjamin A. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947542 A) Although elites were the main people in Chinese government roles, people with intellectual talent and the ability to study the Classics could earn government jobs through the Civil Service Exams.]]> 2017-01-02 00:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947542 Lizzie J debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947555 C. Most civilizations had strong monarchs. Rome had a series of emperors, promoted as gods to their people. Julius Caesar was a general who took power and attributed it to divine right.]]> 2017-01-02 00:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947555 Jacob D. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947579 B. Only elites could easily afford to take Civil Service Exams, so mostly the people in charge were from wealth landowning families. Peasants had to work too hard and too long to study.]]> 2017-01-02 00:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/144947579 Roger D. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002263 B) The scholar gentry were important because they took tests]]> 2017-01-02 20:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002263 Jane Q. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002311 A. Because the picture shows people arguing over laws and reading documents. ]]> 2017-01-02 20:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002311 Bob D. debwing https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002331 C) They are wearing dresses, so they are women. Byzantine women also ruled. ]]> 2017-01-02 20:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/145002331 https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/356666205 2019-05-03 16:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/debwing/hwsfvni181gu/wish/356666205