The Dynasties Flashcards
1
Q
The Qin
A
- Leader: Shi Huangdi
- Established autocracy (government with unlimited power that uses it unpredictably)
- Battle victories doubled size of China
- Great Wall of China
- Standardized weights/measurements
- Created single currency
- Road system- trade flourished
- Unified China at the expense of human freedom
2
Q
The Zhou
A
- Adopted much of Shang culture
- Mandate of Heaven
- Established feudalism
- Roads/canals
- Coined money
- Blast furnaces that produced cast iron
- Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism
3
Q
Order
A
Shang
Zhou
Qin
4
Q
The Shang
A
- First to leave written records
- Surrounded cities with massive walls
- Used oracle bones
