1. Han Dynasty

2. Agenda Bell Ringer: Reading Quiz Chapter 4 and 5.
Finish Rome, Review Han China
Primary Document Analysis: Han China and the Civil Service System.
The Downfall of a Civilization
Discussion of downfall, modern examples?
Comparative Outlines (Essay Formatting)

3. Controlling the Empire
Starts off with a Feudal System
A blend of legalist philosophy and Confucianism
Without the sin and violence.
Civil Service Examinations
Taxation Common
Had to be paid in cash
Peasants at a disadvantage.

4. The Economy and Military
Han suspicious of private merchants.
Heavy taxation
Not allowed to be in public office.
Relied on waterways for transportation.
Military originally required
Professional armies adopted…

5. Imperial Expansion Silk Road becomes a dominant trade route.
Tiberius – the ladies are transferring our money to foreigners.
Paper is invented.
Great Wall expanded under the Han (not the one today)

6. Religion and Culture Confucianism is official Religion.
Buddhism begins showing up in Western China.
Qin idea of terra cotta army is continued under the Han.
Modest Scale

7. Decline Emperors more worried about material goods than control.
Noble families take over vast areas of China, continuing a feudal existence.
Corruption in the government led to unrest by peasantry.
Invasion by Northern nomadic tribes common.
Four hundred years of anarchy and military rule follow.

8. Comparative Essay Outline
Thesis (1)
Similarity, Difference, and Analysis
Valid Comparison/Contrast (2)
Evidence (2)
Direct Comparison (1)
Analysis, why the comparison (1)

9. Reading Quiz #2
How does geography in Greece lead to the formation of City-States?
How is government different between Sparta and Athens?
How does Augustus stabilize the newly minted “Roman Empire”?
How were women treated within Roman Society?
Using evidence from the text, what led to the end of the Roman empire?