history 3:5

• "first emperor"
• Zheng
• ruler of Qin who united China

221BC - 206BC

when civilization sets patterns in gov, philosophy, religion, science, and art as framework for other cultures

he based the teachings of legalism

• greed is motive for actions and conflicts
• strict way of order and power

shi Huangdi's capital

connected walls of feudal states

202BC - 220AD

peasant leader who founded Han dynasty

most famous Han emperor 141BC - 87BC

"men of wisdom and virtue"

site of Wudi's imperial university

complete control of product or business by one person or group

expanding a country's territory

• network of trade routes linking China to the west and middle east
• 4000 mi

officials in government

collection of histories, poems, and handbooks put together by Confucius and others

created by gathering things together

set up civil services exam

exams taken by men to determine their status 580AD - 1912AD

local military rulers

rebelious peasants who fled to mountains and formed secret group of bandits

• "people of Han"
• most technilogically advanced civilization in the world

detect and measure earthquakes

• disagreed that comets and eclipses showed heaven's anger
• believed that no scientific theories should be accepted unless supported by proof

• 2500BC
• inserting of needles into skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illness

invented method of papermaking from wood pulp

• handbook of behavior
• 100AD

author of women and men behavior book