Imperial China -- Qin to Ming Dynasties

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Imperial China Qin to Ming Dynasties
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Qin Chin Dynasty, 221-206 B.C.E.

• Established Chinas first empire ?
• Shi Huangdi (221-206 B.C.E)
• Legalist rule ?
• Bureaucratic administration
• Centralized control
• Military expansion
• Book burnings ? targetedConfucianists
• Buried protestors alive!
• Built large section of the Great Wall

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Shi Huangdis Terra Cotta Army
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Shi Huangdis Terra Cotta Army
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Shi Huangdis Terra Cotta Soldiers Cavalrymen
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Cavalry
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Individual Soldiers
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The Details of an Individual Soldier
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Individual Tombs
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The Great Wall with Towers
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The Eastern terminus of the Great Wall, Shanhai
Pass
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Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.

• People of the Han ? original Chinese
• Paper invented 105 B.C.E. ?
• Silk Road trade develops improves life for many
• Buddhism introduced into China
• Expanded into Central Asia

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Han Roman Empire Connection
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ChanganThe Han Capital
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Liu Sheng Tomb (d. 113 BCE)
His jade suit has 2498 pieces!
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Emperor Wudi, 141-87 B.C.E.

• Started public schools.
• Colonized Manchuria, Korea, Vietnam.
• Civil service system ?
• bureaucrats
• Confucian scholar-gentry
• Revival of Chinese landscape painting.

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Han Artifacts
Imperial Seal
Han Ceramic House
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Ceramics, Later Han Period