HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Primary Cell
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Chinese society was unique in ancient world in the extent to which it was shaped by actions of state. For more than 2000 years these officials , bureaucrats acting in the name of emperor both in capital and in provinces represented culture and social elite of. Han dynasty established its authority in china around 200 bce. An elite of officials : system of selecting administrators evolved into the world first professional civil service. In 124bce emperor winter do establishes in imperial academy where potential officials were trained as scholars and immersed in texts dealing with history , literature , art and mathematics emphasis on confucian teachings. The landlord class : most officials came from wealthy families and inc china wealth meant land. When the win dynasty unified china by 210 bce most land was held by small scale peasant farmers.