E MPEROR W UDI Gillian Bennet, Matthew Giacovelli, Nick Bruno and Yaak Awuok

B ACKGROUND After the fall of the Qin Dynasty in 206 the Han Empire began Liu Bang became Emperor Gaozu of Han and inherited the infrastructure construction of the Qin including roads, canals and the Great Wall. Emperor Gaozu later grew suspicious of his top leaders and had them killed or demoted. ( Emperor Gaozu later died in 195 B.C.)

E MPEROR W UDI Most famous Han emperor who took china to new heights He’s reign lasted 54 years from 141 B.C. To 87 B.C Chose officials from Confucian “men of wisdom and Virtue”

W UDI S TRENGTHENS THE G OVERNMENT AND E CONOMY To advance economic growth, Wudi improved canals and roads Emperor Wudi had granaries set up across his empire so his government could buy grain when it was rich and sell it at stable prices when it was inadequate. Emperor Wudi imposed a government monopoly on iron and salt

W UDI ’ S E XPANSIONISM Wudi followed a policy of expansionism by rising the amount of territory under Chinese rule. To expand China’s borders and to take out nomadic peoples beyond the Great wall he fought many battles. Chinese armies added outposts in Manchuria, Korea, northern Vietnam, Tibet, and Central Asia.

W UDI A CCOMPLISHMENTS Wudi opened up a trade route which was later called the Silk Road, which would link China and the west centuries. The Silk Road eventually stretched for 4,000 miles, connecting China to the Fertile Crescent in Southwestern Asia. Helped repair the Great Wall of china

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