Shi Huangdi & the Han Dynasty

Hello, students.

Welcome back.

Now we're going to commence with less than 19.

We're going to learn more about she Wangdi on the

Han Dynasty.

To begin with, we're going to cover on strong rulers

United China.

There's been a Siris of dynasties and a Siris of

strong rulers in Chinese history.

So we're going to learn a little bit more about,

um in this lesson.

This is a picture of the Great Wall of China.

Now I'm sure you're all familiar with and you've all

heard about the Great Wall of China.

It was built during the Queen Dynasty.

Now, as we look at this wall, I would like

you to reflect.

And I would like to like you to think what

it would potentially take to build a wall like this.

Imagine the sheer fortitude, the sheer length of time and

effort and structural foundations that need to be laid down

to build a wall like this and especially a wall

that is still standing after so many centuries.

Let me ask you, how do you think this image

for lights to focus the lesson?

Our lesson is strong.

Rulers unite China.

So how do you think it relates to focus of

the lesson.

And if I were to ask you to make a

prediction about the type of ruler would have been able

to get the Great Wall of China built.

What would you say to me?

What kind of rulers do you think we'll be learning

about this lesson on?

What kind of ruler do you think?

A talk to get the great Wall of China built

and built in such a way that it is still

standing. In this day and age, she Wangdi unifies China,

one of the first are strong rulers of China.

From his base in western China, the powerful ruler of

the state of Quinn rose to unify all of China.

An ancient Chinese poet and historian described how the ruler

crushed all his rivals, stating cracking his long web.

He drove the universe before him, swallowing up the eastern

and Western Zoo and overthrowing the feudal lords.

What does that tell you?

That she won't be as a ruler?

What kind of picture do you think?

The banks Now he waas the founder, the Queen Dynasty.

His strong authoritarian government work to unify China through the

lesson you might hear me referring to Shi Huangdi is

n because that was his first name.

But he chose to call himself she Wangdi, which means

First Emperor Hey Waas, the powerful ruler.

Using harsh and often brutal methods.

However, he did unify parts of China.

He established the short lived when dynasty and used legalism

as a governing structure of Quinn.

China, as he better became known, also oversaw construction of

the Great Wall of China.

He is also famous as a queen emperor who ordered

a life sized army of terracotta soldiers, including the horses

and chariots to be built to guard him in his

tomb. Let me ask you, although we have just touched

on this.

But tell me, how did she unified China and established

legal ist government?

Take a moment to answer that question.

The terra cotta army of Emperor Quint, better known as

she wanted.

One of the most amazing Chinese archaeological finds of the

modern era is the entire army made out of terracotta,

which for those of you that onshore it's a type

of baked clay.

Uncovering this incredible piece of history took years of painstaking

work just to be able to remove the soil surrounding

figures without damaging the figures themselves.

This is painstaking and it is extremely intricate to make

sure no damage is done to the fines.

As you go through the interactive gallery for the terracotta

army of Emperor Quinn, you will see many more.

Wonders were also discovered as the Eternal Army once again

saw the light of day the hard dynasty, creating a

strong China as we discuss the Han Dynasty and creating

a stronger china or strong china, if you will.

There are three key things that were going to touch

on Emperor Woody bringing great changes.

The Silk Road linking China to the west and scholar

officials running the government out of the chaos that followed.

She Wang.

These death, an illiterate peasant named Gal Zoo took command.

He defeated rival armies and established the Han Dynasty.

With his establishment.

He eased the harsh legal assist.

Um, he appointed Confucian scholars as government advisers on Later,

in behind the Han Dynasty, the dynamic Emperor Woody created

a network for trade routes, later known as the Silk

Road. The Silk Road opened the gates for the exchange

of goods and ideas with the West.

It stretched from China through deserts and mountains all the

way to the Middle East.

It also included a sea route.

The self road delivered Chinese goods to the rest of

the world on brought goods and cultural influences from the

West to China.

The Silk Road was, in essence, a Siris of trade

routes that stretch north, south and west, and it facilitated

the exchange of goods and ideas from places as far

away as Rome.

Each route did in fact present its own perils, but

it also presented its own benefits.

It was a civilization changing idea from a very enlightened

ancient Chinese emperor, Emperor Woody.

You will know that each of the dynasties, both the

Quinn on the Han, made significant contributions to development of

a classical civilization in China.

With Shi Huangdi, the Queen Dynasty was the first successfully

unite the warring Chinese territories under one ruler and government.

The successful unification of the Quinn set the stage for

the Han Dynasty, and it's more progressive political policies.

One of the most successful hunt emperors was Woody.

His achievements included strengthening the government and economy and supporting

education. His expansionist policy added as much territory as possible

to the hunt empire.

One of his many achievements was establishing the network of

trade routes called the Silk Road.

It opened up China to the exchange of goods ideas,

as we've already discussed, and it also expanded as faras

Middle East, Rome and Persia.

Now the expansion of the Silk Road eventually stretched for

over 4000 miles.

Now, having said this, you can all see how each

and every dynasty, each and every emperor left their own

personal print.

They left their own personal mark, and each one made

advances. Each one made changes to ensure that ancient China

continued to grow and prosper and development evolved into the

empire that eventually kept on going towards.

I hope that you enjoyed this lesson as much as

I did, and I look forward to my next one.

Shi Huangdi & the Han Dynasty

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