HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Zhuang Zhou, Emperor Gaozu Of Han, Daqin
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Laozi: (cid:862)by (cid:374)o(cid:374)-actio(cid:374) there is (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g that is (cid:374)ot do(cid:374)e. (cid:863) Bureaucracy and moral order mysticism and idealization of. Qin shihuangdi (221-210 bce: centralized bureaucracy, bypassed nobles, roads, defensive wall, persecuted scholars, burned books, first emperor of china, created (cid:862)chi(cid:374)a(cid:863, standardized laws, currency, weights/measures, standardized chinese script, ruled under legalist principles. Liu bang: peasant, revolt, great at hong gate, qin overthrow, works his way up (marries up, local government, etc. ) Liu bang- han dynasty: (cid:862)e(cid:373)peror gaozu of ha(cid:374)(cid:863, consolidated, expanded. Increased interaction and trade: ro(cid:373)e= (cid:862)da qi(cid:374)(cid:863, expansion. Han dynasty (206 bce -220 ce: centralized bureaucracy, softer policies, legalist policies with confucian sensibilities, 60 million people at its peak, (cid:862)golde(cid:374) age(cid:863, confucianism, silk road, paper. Silk road: always carried more goods along the water, monsoon marketplace, does well with large empires at play, many routes, series of stops, big cities where routes merge. Ideals: language, religion, ceramics, disease (small pox, bubonic plague (maybe), silk, paper, precious metals, spices.
