China

dynasties started ruling

1766 BCE

A dynasty was usually someone royal who ruled over all of china during a certain period of time. A dynasty usually ended because of things that they did that the people didn't agree with and over ruled the government or other disasters happened and a new dynasty/ ruler took over.

zhou dynasty

1122 BCE

contributed in several ways to the development of chinese politics and culture in their active early centuries. extended the territory of china by taking over the yangzi river valley. this new stretch that they took over became chinas core, often called the middle kingdom.worked to provide great cultural unity in their empire

confucius

551 BCE

lived from roughly 551-478 bce. he was a philosopher, his life was devoted to teaching. not a religious leader. confuciansim was primarely a system of ethics and people followed what he said

buddhism introduced to china

300 BCE

buddhism is a religion that came to china during a rough time. China was going through political intability and many believe buddhism helped a lot of the people through that rough time

Legalism

100 BCE

during qin and early han periods,

the han dynasty

202

the han dynasty followed the qin dynasty and ruled for the next 400 years. the han retained teh centralized administration of the qin, but sought to reduce the brutal expression of that period, like many dynasties, at first early han rulers expanded chinas territory, pushing into korea, indonesia, and central asia. this allowed china to develop contact with the parthean empire in the middle east so they could trade with the roman empire etc.. the han was a lot more peaceful than the qin.

government of qin

221

china created a single basic language in which all educated chinese could communicate. the government furthered agriculture, sponsoring new irrigation projects, and promoted manufacturing, particularly for silk cloth. the activist goevernment also attacked formal culture, including confucian ideas and burning many books. not alot of people didnt like qin, he was brutal, he killed, had lots of taxes etc, so the dynasty ended quickly, but he still got a lot done in the short time he was in charge

qin dynasty

221

was a short dynasty, fell in 221 bce. QIn shi huangdi was a brutal ruler, but effective given the circumstances of internal disorder and supported as well by legalistic ideas. worked hard to undo the force of the regional power of the aristocrats because he knew that was the problem. Qin shi huangdi built the great wall, it extended more than 3000 miles, wide enough to move chariots across the top. this government standardized coinage, weights and measures through the entire realm.