HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Appeasement, Xiongnu, Cao Pi

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 208
• Professor: Griet Vankeerberghen

Document Summary

210-195 bce : the founding of the dynasty under gaozu. 141-87 bce: modernist policies under emperor wu (r. 141-87 bce) 9-23 ce: xin dynasty of wang mang: gaozu was the unlikely winner after a protracted civil war, following wide-spread anti- Qin rebellions: gave out large efs to his relatives, which they ruled as hereditary kings. Jia yi"s the faults of qin : appeasement policy toward the xiongnu. Empire: a major rebellion of the kings suppressed in. 154 bce; court and bureaucracy gain control: the economy grows steadily, appeasement policies toward the xiongnu continue. 100 bce), a history from the time of the legendary yellow emperor to his own times. 87 bce-9 ce: reaction against expansion; retrenchment in classics. Imperial administration well-established and well-adjusted, consolidation of newly acquired territories: shedding the legacy of qin and following the five classics, chang"an becomes a true imperial capital.