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Lesson 23 Overview

Han Dynasty: How did the Han Dynasty improve the government and daily life in China?

Mr. Wilson

Succeeded the Qin

Liu Bang

Emperor Goazu

Introduction

TIMELINE of Rule

202 BCE

Liu Bang rebels

208 CE Empire splits into factions

TIMELINE

141 CE Emperor Wu adopts Confucianism

220 CE Emperor Xian of Han abdicates

MAP

Han Dyansty

US

MAP

Warfare

Advances in iron making

Fish-scale armor

Iron Swords and Crossbows

Warfare

Kites?

Fish Scale Armor

Crossbows

Bureaucracy

a large, complex organization that include sets of rules and a hierarchy

Government

-Softened punishments

-Civil service=ability

Brought back Confucian ideals

Economy

Economy

Agriculture

The Chain Pump moved water from a low point to a high point.

There are emperors who had a personal chain pump to bring them drinking water from the stream to their palace

Example

Silk (The Silk Road)

https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/network-silk-road-cities-map-app/en

Industry

Salt

Silk production

Excerpt from Section 4

Portrays a dancer

Han Dynasty Improvement: PAPER!

Paper=changed communication and art forms in China

-Makes it easier to collect knowledge and transmit over time.

Art

“Their long sleeves, twirling and twisting,

fill the hall;

Gauze-stocking feet…taking mincing steps,

Move with slow and easy gait

They hover about long and continuous, as if

Stopped in mid-air;

Dazed, one thinks they are about to fall…”

Seismograph: able to detect the direction the earthquake came from

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shaky-science-build-a-seismograph/

Astronomy

-Solar eclipses

-recorded comets

-Moon reflects sunlight

Science

Magnetic Compass: could determine direction

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