PERSIA-+group+2

=PERSIA- China group 2= Back to the Persia assignment


 * ===Political===
 * ===Qin Dynasty===
 * Strict legalism
 * Penal laws
 * Centralized bureaucracy
 * Capital at Xianyang
 * China divided into provinces and districts
 * Laborers were drafted for construction projects
 * Qin shihuangdi
 * Burning of the books
 * Unified China
 * Standardized laws, currency, weights, and measures
 * ===Han Dynasty===
 * Centralized imperial government
 * Liu Bang
 * Capital at Chang'an
 * Han Wudi "martial emperor"
 * Legalist principles
 * multiple taxes
 * Pax Sinica (peace period)
 * Maodun - brought military discipline
 * Confucian thoughts
 * Ban Zhao (woman) wrote "Admonations for Women"
 * The capital changed to Luoyang


 * Economic
 * Religious
 * Confuciainsm
 * Values
 * high ethical standareds
 * ren-kindness
 * li- propriety
 * xiao- filial piety
 * Daoism
 * founder -Laozi
 * emphisises the need for less
 * Dao- nothing but yet everything
 * Social
 * books burned, did not want other beliefs
 * commom communication, really unified nation, every one could share ideas
 * conscription of labor, eventually lead to downfall, people missed their families
 * people could work off debt or have their animals work of debt
 * still sort of had "eye for eye" policy, if you did something bad you were punished depending on the severity of the crime
 * could not kill babies
 * convict of labor was punishment and for war prisoners
 * had to have education in order to educate the army
 * had standards for government officials, not just royals
 * children had to honor their parents
 * Innovation-
 * Philosophies: Daoism, Legalism, Confucianism
 * the wheel barrow
 * standardized Chinese script
 * iron metallurgy: pots, stoves, knives, needles, hammers, etc.
 * silk textiles
 * paper
 * Art
 * Largely decorative with careful detail and craftsmanship
 * Reflected the precision and geometric qualities of the symbols of Chinese writing
 * Calligraphy became an important art form
 * Painted, worked in bronze and pottery, carved jade and ivory, and wove silk screensDid not produce monumental buildings other than the Great Wall and some imperial palaces and tombs
 * Painted, worked in bronze and pottery, carved jade and ivory, and wove silk screen
 * Did not produce monumental buildings other than the Great Wall and some imperial palaces and tombs
 * Iron Metallurgy

