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Development of:• Daoism, inspired
by Laozi. • Confucianism,
inspired by Confucius.
Buddhism, from India, was absorbed
by the Chinese culture during the “Classical
Period.”
• The funerary complex constructed for Qin Shihuangdi reflects a belief that the living and the dead formed a single community existing in parallel societies.
• 7,000 life-sized terra-cotta soldiers. • • His wives that ____ were sacrificed in his tomb.
• Created the crossbow. • Advantages of the crossbow over European bows were;
______ & _______.• First weapon
to have _______.
Qin:• Examples of the
centralization of the Chinese state under Qin Shihuangdi, where to consolidate China with 5,000 miles of roads, and standardized coinage, weights and measures.
Trade Items:• Han; silk & jade.• Rome; glass. • India; cotton textiles. • East Africa; Ivory. • Arabia; incense,
spices, and tortoise shells.
• Created wealthy merchant class, along the route.• The Yuezhi, nomadic peoples in Central Asia, created the
Kushan Empire based on Silk Road trade.
Affects of the Silk Road: • 1. More people in non-food production. • 2. Spread of technology and religion (Buddhism). • 3. Spread of disease (measles, smallpox and the bubonic plague).
• After emperor, the Dowager (wife of emperor) was most powerful.• Issue edicts• Pardon• Appoint new
emperor if no heir.
Third Class:• Artisans and
craftsmen.• Below farmers;
but, allowed to wear fancy clothing and ride horses.
• Could become officials.
Fourth Class:1. Merchants
• Wore white as an indicator of their lowly status.
2. Slaves; • Privately owned
or state-owned.• 1% of population.
Family Structure:• Patrilineal. • Arranged marriages. • Wife joined the
husband’s clan. • Sons valued over
daughters. • Confucianism required
females to be passively to males.