Warring States Period

The Zhou dynasty (1050-256 BCE) Conquered the Shang Dynasty, the later generations tried to reclaim and preserve the peace of the early Zhou, which would be the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 BCE). The Zhou split up into Western, when the capital was near Xian, and Eastern when the capital was moved eastward to Luoyang. The main intellectual focus was practical political and social concerns while metaphysical speculations remained secondary. Arts and philosophy flourished in China like never…

After the Han dynasty collapsed China became so easy for the barbarian attacks. And Xiongnu had been driven away. He left only more tribes far behind. The news about the collapse of the Han dynasty traveled far. The harsh rule of a couple warlords, known as the Three kingdoms, they tried to keep it calm. And they wanted to attack each other more than to protecting themselves. But in Medieval Europe, they had consequences for Chinese territorial security. The barbarians got too tired of…

Han Dynasty By: Ayoub In the Han dynasty there were many importants people and historical events. Before the Han Dynasty there was the Qin dynasty and it was ruled by the Qin emperor. Liu Bang led a revolt against him and he was overthrown and this was the start of the Han Dynasty. First, was the founder of the dynasty Liu Bang. Liu Bang came from a peasant family. His name was originally Liu Bang but he was given the name Emperor Gaozu. Liu Bang became emperor in 206 B.C.E. One was Liu…

to ensure that he could control people’s lives every minute of every day. Shi Huangdi went further than that, he created a spy system. In document 1 it states, “Through military victories, the state of Qin has, in the time of the last six kings, brought the feudal lords [leaders in China who rivaled Shi Huangdi’s power] into submission.” The state of Qin wanted the power to themselves and now that they have it, they can do whatever they want. This weakened the nobles as they took their wealth…

Chapter 5.3- Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Pericles’ Plan for Athens: Pericles, a general, politician, and speaker, led Athens for the most part of its Golden Age. His goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, hold and strengthen the empire, and glorify Athens. Pericles increased public officials who were paid salaries in order to achieve his first goal. During his rule, Pericles introduced direct democracy to Athens. To strengthen the Athenian empire, Athens needed a stronger navy.…

The Han and Qin Empires are particularly good at showing the contrast between successful and unsuccessful Empires. They both developed in a similar part of China, and are only separated by about 100 years. The Han Empire probably owes some of their success to learning form the example of the Qin Empire and not repeating the same mistakes. Shihuangdi Qin ruled by the philosophy of Legalism, which advocates extremely strict laws and harsh punishments. His extreme punishments gave him control, but…

of the largest world superpowers, dominating everything from military strength to economic dominance in world markets. China’s history plays a huge importance in the Chinese identity but for a very long time was not a unified state as we see today but instead warring states constantly competing for power. Qin Shi Huangdi (pronounce Chin she hwan’ di) of the Qin dynasty can be accredited to the unification of the Chinese land and the start of a long cultural identity. His coming of power and rule…

China before zxia and Shang dynasties there was the Zhoo dynasty who came around 1000 bc 256 bc and there was Constant conflict warring period. the Zhou and China moved away from social order and harmony Zhou was China's most influential scholar ,He was born in Born in 551 bc And died in 479 bc They were Concerned primarily with restoring social stability and order And they also Believed in mortality They Could work if organized around five basic relationships Confucius ways were ,Father /child…

do so, the First Emperor of the Qin Empire, Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, recognized that in order to have successful civilizations one needed to establish a vast working system such as those of the Greeks and Romans during the classical time period. Although this period did not have the longevity of other dynasties, it did however set the foundation for…

The Development of China China has many characteristics in its History of development. These include; language, geography, agriculture, trade and literature. These views and characteristics have helped unite and give a common identity to the people of China. Agriculture and Geography There were three climate zones which were, northern china, central china (Yanzi River)and southern china. Each climate zone measured different amounts of rain fall each year. Wheat and millet in the North…