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AFTER MIDTERM WK 3
CHINESE UNIFICATION AND EMPIRE BUILDING
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10/05/2009

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Term
CHINESE DYNASTY IN UNIFICATION OF CHINA
Definition

-QIN [221-207 BCE]

 

-HAN [206 BCE-220 CE]

 

-TANG [618-907 CE]

 

-SONG [960-1279 CE]

Term
QIN DYNASTY
Definition

[221-207 BCE]

-LEGALIST THOUGHT

-HAN FEI TZU (MEMORIALS)

-SETTLE NEW LAND

-EXPAND MILITARY POWERS

Term
QIN SHIHUANGDI
Definition
221 BCE FIRST CHINESE EMPEROR
Term
QIN SYSTEM
Definition

-SYSTEM OF CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT

-BUREAURACACY BASED ON MERIT (DETERMINED RANK)

-STANDARDIZATION OF LAWS & CURRENCY

-LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS

-REPRESSION

-BUILDING OF DEFENSIVE WALLS

Term
QIN CMOPARED TO PERSIANS
Definition

-PERSIA MORE TOLERANT VS QIN ARE NOT

 

-QIN IGNORE NOBILITY VS PERSIAN DEMAND RESPECT

 

-QIN CHANGED POLICIES IN REF TO NOBILITIES AND POOR

Term
HAN DYNASTY
Definition

[206-195 BCE]

 

-STRUGGLE TO BALANCE DECENTRALIZATION WITH CENTRALIZATION

Term
HAN WUDI
Definition

[141-87 BCE]

-KEY RULER

-WORKED TO INCREASE CENTRALIZATION

-REGIONAL OFFICIALS

-BUILDS MORE ROADS (INC COMMUNICATION, TROOPS, CONTROL)

-LEVI'S TAXES

-MONOPOLIES ON CENTRAL GOODS (SALT & IRON)

-STATE RUN MONOPOLIES

-LIQUOR FALLS UNDER STATE JURISDICTION

-CREATED UNIVERSITY

-IMPERIAL EXPANSION

-DISPARITY BETWEEN RICH AND POOR

Term
STATE RUN MONOPOLIES
Definition

 

-SALT & IRON

 

-LIQUOR

Term
HAN PERIOD UNIVERSITY
Definition

-124 BCE

-CREATED TO PREPARE MEN FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE

-USED CONFUSIOUSISM MATERIALS

-PRINCIPLES ARE LEGALIST

Term
HANS DYNASTY INTERLUDE & DOWNFALL
Definition

-6 CE THRONE GOES TO A 2 YEAR OLD

 

-REGENT WANG MANG 9-23 CE

 

-FOLLOWING HANS, POLICY FAILED TO ADDRESS LAND ISSUES

Term
WANG MANG
Definition

9-23 CE "SOCIALIST EMPEROR"

 

-YOU CAN'T PLEASE ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL FO THE TIME

-LAND OWNERSHIP LIMITED

-LAND OWNERS & PEASANTS FORM COALITION TO KILL WANG MANG

Term
WANG MANG KILLED
Definition
23 CE BY COALITION FORMED BY LAND OWNERS AND PEASANTS
Term
TANG DYNASTY
Definition

[618-906]

-ADMINISTRATION BASED ON MERIT

-FORMED BY CONFUCIUS IDEAS

-VERY CENTRALIZED

-EQUAL FIELD SYSTEM

-EXPANSION

-REGIONAL RULERS

Term
TANG EQUAL FIELD SYSTEM
Definition
-ALLOCATES LAND DEPENDINGON SIZE OF FAMILY
Term
TANG MERIT SYSTEM
Definition
-NOT ONLY SUCESS OF JOBS BUT ALSO NEWLY EDUCATED MERIT AS WELL
Term
TANG EXPANSION
Definition

-LOW PRICES, LOW TAXES

-INCREASE URBAN GROWTH

-INCREASED AGRICULTURE

-INCREASED POPULATION GROWTH

Term
TANG REGIONAL RULERS
Definition

-GIVEN MORE POWER

-CAUSES A PROBLEM

-POWER GREED

-CAUSES COLLAPSE OF TANG

Term
SONG DYNASTY
Definition

[960-1279]

-NOW THE MOST URBAN PLACE ON PLANET

-URBAN DEVELOPEMENT

-INCREASED SOCIAL DEMORCATON

-EXTENSIVE BUREAUCRACY

Term
SONG URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Definition

-ENCOURAGED BY TRADE

-TRADED IVORY (AFRICA)

-SILK

-GLOBAL TRADE NETWORK

Term
SONG INCREASED SOCIAL DEMORCATION
Definition

-PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

 

-WOMEN STAY HOME

 

-FOOT BINDING

Term
SONG ERA FOOT BINDING
Definition

-SMALL FEET MORE FEMININE

 

-MORE LIKELY TO MARRY UP

 

-MARKER OF STATUS (ELITE)

Term
SONG EXTENSIVE BUREAUCRACY
Definition

-NOT AS STRONG A MILITARY

 

-BUREAU BASED ON MERIT

 

-TOO MUCH MERIT OPENS UP LEADERSHIP TO GENERAL OR COMMONG PEOPLE CAUSING THE FALL OF THE SONG DYNASTY

Term
FALL OF SONG
Definition
CAUSED BY TOO MUCH MERIT OPENING UP LEADERSHIP TO GENERAL COMMON PEOPLE. CIVILIAN BECAME LEADERS IN MILITARY MADE BAD DECISIONS LEADING TO DEFEAT IN 1270 TO CENTRAL ASIAN NOMADS
Term
EXPOUND ON CHALLANGES OF CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZION
Definition
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