HIS280Y1 Lecture Notes - Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Gao
Document Summary
Themes: nature of chinese political, social and intellectual systems in imperial period, relations with other people, especially nomads in the north, popular rebellions and folk religions, genders & the family across dynasties. * key transformative roles during the imperial period. Usually people referred to where they were from based on their dynasties. Qing dynasty taiwan not included at the time. Qing dynasty wasn t chinese: ruled by the manchurians (a foreign elite) Qin dynasty starts it all off, meaning it s the first real dynasty. Before 1200, no written records of anything. Archaeology (pieces that survived to be studied urns, palatial sites, weapons etc. ) These two sources tell very different stories: what really happened in pre-history vs. the belief of what happened during this time. China ~5000bce: humans migrated from central asia to china, usually towards rivers. ~10kya = neolithic age: agriculture, livestock, and pottery, stone tools for crops. After 5000 bce: tons of isolated regional cultural centers.
