attraction but‚ have you ever thought about the cost and benefits of building the wall? The three main reasons I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs because of the reasons stated‚ there were many deaths‚ harsh working conditions‚ and the Xiongnu tribute. It is in my opinion that I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs. The first reason that I think the benefits did not outweigh the costs was high morality‚ meaning many deaths. As stated in documents F in the poem it says “We fight
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depiction of their times. What is curious is how historians are able to carry similarities in their portraits of a nation when they had no relation at all in time or culuture. This phenomenon in present in Tacitus’ Germania and Sima Qian’s Account of the Xiongnu. The former a senator and historian of the early Roman Empire‚ and the latter the “father of Chinese historiography” during the Han dynasty. Although there are obvious differences in style‚ these two historians
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CHAPTER 7 Han Dynasty China And Imperial Rome‚ 300 BCE–300 CE Chapter Study Outline I. China and Rome: How empires are built A. Unprecedented power: Roman and Han characteristics 1. Size‚ quality‚ and lasting worldwide impact 2. Cultural‚ economic‚ and administrative control B. Empire and cultural identity 1. Han a. Civilian magistrates and
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as the “Golden Age of Chinese Achievement.” Culturally: Politically: Economically: 2. In what ways did women’s lives change during the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties? 3. Who were the Xiongnu‚ the Uighurs‚ the Khitan‚ and the Jurchen in relation to the Chinese ? Xiongnu: Uighurs: Khitan and Jurchen: 4. In what political‚ economic‚ and social ways did
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emperor‚ to make contact and alliance with the nomadic tribes just west of them. The western tribes and the Han Empire had a mutual enemy‚ the Xiongnu‚ who roamed the lands just north of the Great Wall. Zhang Qian started off to the west‚ but when he came back to the Han Empire he was with a Xiongnu wife. His report was that he was captured by the Xiongnu and this woman helped him escape. He traveled to the western tribes to make an alliance but they refused. Missionaries usually made religious
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Expanded territory into Korea and Indochina. Period of Peace. SUPPORTED CONFUCIANISM. (Built shrines‚ stressed Confucian Values) They were invaded by the Xiongnu. Attempted to appease the Xiongnu by offering them tribute and arranged marriages. Crossbow created and defeated the Xiongnu and stretched Chinese territory to Central Asia. Emperor Wudi. Xiongnu: Invaded the Han Dynasty. They were a nomadic group from Central Asia that often invaded Chinese villages and trade centers. They were defeated by
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of these Germanic tribes include the Visigoths‚ Vandals‚ Franks‚ and Ostrogoths. These tribes met little resistance on their way inside of Rome because the Romans were preoccupied with fighting each other. The Han empire was invaded by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were a ruthless nomadic tribe that had nothing to lose by invading the Chinese. They originated from the Steppe‚ which means that all they have is grass. They saw something the Chinese had that they wanted so they came to take
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combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu‚ and he reasoned that they might ally with Han forces to pressure their common enemy. The problem for Zhang Qian was that to communicate with potential allies against the Xiongnu‚ he had to pass directly through lands they controlled. When Zhang Qian left Han territory‚ Xiongnu forcers captured him
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Chapter Study Outline I. China and Rome: How empires are built A. Unprecedented power: Roman and Han characteristics 1. Size‚ quality‚ and lasting worldwide impact 2. Cultural‚ economic‚ and administrative control B. Empire and cultural identity 1. Han a. Civilian magistrates and bureaucrats were public servants b. Emulated past
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ANCIENT CHINA. READING 2 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS The Unification of China (pp. 105 – 110) 1. Where were Legalist doctrines met enthusiastically? The state of Qin. 2. Where was the Qin state? Western China. 3. Who oversaw the implementation of the Legalist doctrines in the Qin state? 4. What did the Qin state quickly do? 5. What happened to the Qin state in the fourth and third centuries B.C.E? 6. How did Shang Yang encourage farmers to move to the Qin state? 7. Why did the
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