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| When was the han dynasty founded? |
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| Who was the founder of the han dynasty? |
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| founder of the Han, a commoner of peasant origin |
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| how was the han dynasty ruled? |
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| What is state confuciaism? |
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| a combination of legalist and confucian doctorines |
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| What was one of the large problems the Han administration faced? |
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| the great aristocratic families |
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| How did the Han state try to limit the control of aristocratic families? |
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| tried to tax peasants directly |
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| Why did the Han state's plan to tax peasants directly, not work? |
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| the population growth made the land of peasants grow smaller and smaller, so the peasants ended up selling their land and becoming tenant farmers to the aristocrats |
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| Why was Han china so productive for merchants? |
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| Why did the han dynasty not trust merchants? |
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| they didn't produce anything themselves |
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| What did the Han dynasty do to try to get back at merchants? |
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| levied heavy taxes, merchants couldn't hold office, restricted living quarters, veiwed as parasites |
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| How did the Han state itself do in trade? |
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| operated shipyards, granaries and mines |
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| What types of new technologies did Han China have? |
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| textiles, water wheels, iron casting, rudder and fore and rigging of sails, first paper making |
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| Why was silk so important in Han china? |
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| manufactured in china since the 4th millenium BCE, spread to Rome by 2nd century BCE |
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| Was there any contact between rome and china? |
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| no personal or diplomatic contacts, but they were linked through trade (mostly of silk) |
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| Where did most of the people in the Han dynasty live? |
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| rural areas, some cities were growing |
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| What was the largest city in Han china? |
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| What were gender roles like in Han china? |
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| women had a secondary role |
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| Did the adoption of confucianism have any affect on han religion? |
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| What was the popular reigion of han china based on? |
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| ancestor worship and local deites, with some connection to daoism |
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| When and how did Buddhism first spread to China? |
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| 1st century CE, through merchants |
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| When did people begin to translate buddhist scripts into chinese? |
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| 5th century CE from sanskrit |
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| a reformist Han official who seized control and formed the xin dynasty |
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| Why did was Wang Mang able to conquer han lands? |
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| rulers became interested in pleasure and not ruling, and aristocrats had filled the power gap |
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| Did wang mangs dynasty last? |
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| When was Wang Mang defeated? |
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| When did Wang Mang take over the Han? |
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| After defeating Wang mang what problems did the han state face? |
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| peasant unrest because of inequality, and attacks from the Xiongu |
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| Who seized rule of the Han dynasty right before its collapse? |
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| Did Ts'ao Ts'ao keep his grip on the Han area? |
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| After Ts'ao ts'ao lost his grip on china, what happend? |
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| china slipped into a period of warfare and instabiltity for 300-400 years |
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