Histroy Flashcards
(25 cards)
When did pre imperal china start
Around 6500 years ago
What are the three main dynasties we need to know
The shang, 1650-1050BC, The zhou, the warring staes and the Qin
What didi the shang do
They introduced tax, created feudalism, and started written records
What did the Zhou do and what time period
The Zhou 1050-221 BC Claimed teh mandate of heaven, strenghtened feudalism.
What happened during the warring states
Started in 475BC and finished in 221BC - first time china experienced true chaos and panice, started with 150 states and finished with 7
When was the Qin and what happened then
Ruled from
Qin Shi Hungdi
High taxes and food shortages caused rebellion
221BC-206BC
what are the two main socail structures
The shi - a ruling group of nobles, scholars and official
The Nong - peasant farmers
What percent of china was peaseants
90% out of about 60 mil, such as farmers etc
What was the slave population
60,000 out of 60 mil
what were the two main areas of chinas location
The eastern section taking up about 1/3 of chna heartland for farming, and teh north west china raking up about 2/3 of china, enviorment unsuitable for farming.
What rivers developed in eastern china
Huang river- yangtze river- Xi river and zhuijang delta
Who was qin shi haugndi
A emperor during teh Qin dynasty who established in 221 BC
How did Qin shi haungdi unify china
By creating one central goverment and created a bigger militrary
What building projects did qin shi huangdi contruibuite in
teh great wall of china as he coneccted and expanded the already exsiting buildings
What did Qin shi huangdi do to scholars and books
He burned books to destroy the histroy of china as he thought his ways were better and the 460 shcolars who disagreeded/ tried to protect teh books were burried alive in his tomb w him
What were the three main cultures in China
Confuciasm, Buhhdasim, Daoism
What were teh values and beliefs of daoism
Teachings of teh way, if you lived simply with nature and avoided wealth, and ambition then their world would be balanced.
What were the beliefs and values of confuciasm
He taught that a worthy person would be honest, loyal, self-sacrificing, loving, well mannered and have good moral standards. And to respect your parents/ elders but thought girls should stay in the kitchen etc. except the oldest women she was wise and held knowledge.
what were the beliefs and values of buhhdasim
It tought the noble truths
all exsistence is suffering
suffering is cuased by desire
nirvana
and people can reach nirvana ‘the eightfold path’.
How are China and silk related
Chinese learnt how to make silk and kept it a secret
they placed a high price on silk and used it for
luxury clothing and scrolls
To pay taxes
To pay for services
To reward achievements
what civilizations did china contact through the silk road
Using this route, Chinese traders sold silk to Babylon, Greece, India and Rome, gaining China links with western Asia and Europe.
Traders from other lands used the same route to sell their local products (such as walnuts, cucumbers,, hemp plants and grape vines) to the Chinese.
When did the silk road come into exsistence
in the han dynasty
What cultures did the silk road introduce?
The silk road mainly introduced buuhdasim through trading with india and the middle east
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