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1. The Han Dynasty
CHINA 206 BC – 220 AD

2. Timeline
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• 206 B.C- Founding of Han Dynasty
• 206-202 B.C- Civil War (Liu Bang vs. Xiang Yu)
• 202 B.C- Han takes control: Liu Bang becomes Gao-di ,
• Establishment of ten “feudal kingdoms in eastern China
• 201 B.C- Unsuccessful Xiong-nu war, Establishment of appeasement policies in dealings with non-Chinese people
• 195 B.C- Nine out of ten kingdoms have been brought under Liu control through conquer, Death of Liu Bang,
beginning influence of his wife, Empress Lü
• 191 B.C- Lifting of book ban
• 179-157 B.C- Reign of Wen-di
• Reinstatement of “provoke and conquer” policies towards feudal kingdoms
• Height of Huang-Lao influence
• Gradual imperial patronage of Confucian Scholarship
• 154 B.C- Unsuccessful rebellion of feudal kingdoms permanently breaks their power
• 140-87 B.C- Reign of Wu-di
• 140-135 B.C- Huang-Lao court influence persists through power of Dowager Empress Dou (widow of Wen-di)
• 140 B.C- Wu-di calls for talent search and policy advice -- Dong Zhong-shu responds
• 135 B.C- Wu-di implements recommendations of Dong Zhong-shu
• Establishment of Confucianism as a state ideology
• Empress Dou dies
• 98 B.C- Sima Qian's defense of General Li Ling's conduct leads to his castration
• 91 B.C- Great witchcraft crisis closes Wu-di's reign in a shambles
• 78 B.C- The Sui Meng incident
• 220 C.E- A growing population, increased wealth, resultant financial difficulties, and ever more complex political
institutions along with massive corruption leads to the fall of the Han Dynasty.

3. How it
Started
Liu Bang started the Han Dynast in
202 BC, as a military general. It
started when Shi Huandis, of the
Qin Dynasty, died and his son who
was a worse ruler than his father,
took over. A civil war broke out and
Liu Bang was on the winning side!
Thus the Qin Dynasty crumbled
and the Han Dynasty began. Liu Bang

5. The People
• 90% of people lived in the country. Cities were laid out
with roads and alleys. Each city was surrounded by a
wall made of stone and earth. The ancient Han cities
were the centre of government and where most things
happened, lots of arts and entertainment were around.
• Many poor people lives together and near each other.
Young men among the poor often joined gangs on the
streets of the cities.
• The rich tried to reproduce the imperial palaces for
themselves, showing off their wealth to others. They
had very large dwellings and had sculptures and
paintings. Their children studied many subjects, many

6. Power and Jobs
• Liu Bang was the first emperor of China.
• Many young scholars and academics worked for the
government rather than being expelled.
• He put these academics in high places to be judges
and governors given that they were clever and fair
• He would not let women govern or judge no matter
their intelligence

7. Arts and Sciences
• Although a lot was lost during the book
burnings of the Qin Dynasty, the Han
people tried very hard to replace the
literature that was lost during Qin
times, especially the works of
Confucius.
• They worked very hard to create new
arts and literature. Beautiful paintings
appeared on palace walls, craftsmen
made jewellery ornaments carvings
and ornaments. Iron was used more to
produce things, Glazed pottery in
'cave art' style was made depicting
bears and hunters etc. They also
worked to advance further their
medicines.

8. Public Schools
In 100CE Emperor Wudi agreed with Confucius
that it was a good idea to have a public school in
each province. (For boys only) These schools
were set up, honouring the works of Confucius to
the highest, helped with Confucian teachers
In the capital a 'Grand School' was set up in the
capital for 50 students, although in only 100
years this grew to 30 000!

9. Summary
Although there were many
Although there were many
rebellions and civil wars during
rebellions and civil wars during
and before the Han dynasty, arts,
and before the Han dynasty, arts,
sciences, culture and schooling all
sciences, culture and schooling all
thrived in the era.
thrived in the era.
The Han Dynasty ultimately
The Han Dynasty ultimately
All in all, the Han Dynasty was not ended due to population growth
ended due to population growth
All in all, the Han Dynasty was not
too different from the Qin dynasty and corruption in the government,
and corruption in the government,
too different from the Qin dynasty
that Liu Bang took over. but there were always skirmishes
but there were always skirmishes
that Liu Bang took over.
and crises throughout.
and crises throughout.

10. THANKS!
No seriously, thanks.