HAN DYNASTY

WHO WAS LIU BANG?

• Emperer gaozu of western han
• He was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty(256-195 BC)
• He rebelled against the despotic rule of the qin dynasty
• His army overthrew them
• He wanted to create a law supported by the community unlike qin dynasty

WHY DID LIU BANG CALL THE NEW DYNASTY THE HAN?

• It was named in opposition
• To his main rival who was nicknamed "xi chu ba wang"
• Chu is opposite han on a chess board

LIU BANG VISUALS

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WHAT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DID THE "MARTIAL EMPEROR" PUT IN PLACE?

• He put in a national education system to train civil officials.
• Wudi emphasized this system based on the beliefs of confucianism
• He strongly promoted literature
• Musical education

KEY COMPONENTS OF HAN WUDI'S FOREIGN POLICY

• Extremely vigorous. His wars resulted in extreme chinese expansions
• Followed Confucius practices
• Unlike his predecessors, he was more war prone.
• Named martial emperor, allowed international trade with ancient eurasian world
• Many wars, believed you must fight to expand, light taxes

HAN WUDI VISUALS

MAP OF HAN DYNASTY

WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS DID SMALL LANDOWNERS FACE IN CHINA?

• The small landowners fell into debt because of all of the taxes.
• They could not afford all the taxes they needed to pay to the han tax base
• They were forced to work as farming tenants.
• Eventually, the government provided reforms to keep them out of debt, such as reducing taxes and remessions
• Large land owners did not suffer

WANG MANG DIFFERENT REFORMS

• His reforms were aimed to strengthening his bureacracy
• He said that large tax free estates be dissolved and land redistributed to the peasants
• Wang mang believed that it should be an ideal society with equal land
• Had many currency reforms which caused property valies to decrease.
• Sometimes Known as chinas first socialist

LAND AND REFORM(VISUALS)

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