The Qin Dynasty - Roslyn High School · 2016-11-14 · First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi •The Qin...
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The Qin Dynasty
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First Emperor
Qin Shi Huangdi
• The Qin state was one of many warring Chinese states;
• 221 B.C., defeated last of Qin’s rivals;
• Dramatically changed Chinese politics;
• Founded a new dynasty;
• Dynasty’s only ruler;
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Warring States to Qin Supremacy
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China, The Qin Dynasty and the Larger World
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Governing
• Official ideology – Legalism
• Opponents to his policy punished or executed;
• Books opposing official views burned;
• Highly centralized state;
• Central bureaucracy – three divisions:
• civil, military, censorate
• Censorate – inspectors whop checked on government officials;
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Governing cont.
• Below central government – provinces and counties-officials traditionally inherit offices; now they are appointed and dismissed by the emperor;
• Reduced power of landed nobility by dividing their estates among the peasants;
• Peasants taxed directly by state:
eliminated rivals and gained tax revenues;
• Single monetary system;
• System of roads throughout empire;
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Expansionist
Armies advanced-
• south to Vietnam;
TO SUPPLY ARMIES - constructed canal from Yangtze River in central China to modern day Guangzhou in Canton;
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Defense
Threat: • nomadic tribes in north; • These tribes were warriors on horseback, • Became a challenge to Chinese communities on
northern frontier; • those communities began to build walls; Shi Huangdi’s Solution: strengthen and expand existing system of walls to keep nomads out; Linked different sections of wall together; NOT the Great Wall as we know it today; *thousands of laborers conscripted;
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Angered Many Chinese
• Landed nobility resented centralized rule and loss of hereditary positions;
• Confucian intellectuals did not embrace Legalism; books burned; speech censored; loss of influence;
• Common people endured harsh taxes and forced labor;
Emperor Shi Huangdi dies in 210 B.C.; 4 years later dynasty overthrown;
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Terra Cotta warriors
• Elaborate underground palace complex;
• Army of life-sized soldiers and horses made of terra cotta fashioned to accompany emperor on his journey to afterlife;
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