The Great Chinese Empire : Documentary on the Empire of Ancient China Flashcards

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Chinese

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  • spread over an area 1/3 larger than the US but had great turmoil
  • the Warring State
  • 3 century BC one kingdom emerged as most powerful, Qin
  • access to silk road
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Qin

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  • military advances, horses and strategy of waging war
  • wanted to take over all of China, but had trouble with food for his army
  • Li Bing (under his guidance, created a new waterway)
  • heat the rocks through controlled fire and then to water, getting rid of part of the mountain
  • 238 BC, war against Qu that lasted for 15 years (China was unified)
  • Shi Huangdi, the first emperor (3 years after his death, the empire fell apart)
  • The Great Wall of China built
  • by 210 BC the wall stretched 3,000 miles
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terracotta warriors

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  • collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
  • form of funerary art buried with the emperor (Shi Huangdi) in 210-209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife
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Liu Bing

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  • he launched Han dynasty which would last for 4 centuries

- extended the Great Wall to the west even more and added garrisons

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Sui

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  • Yang Di
  • channeled energy within and strengthened empire from the inside
  • Yangtze and the Yellow Rive (1,000 miles apart)
  • connected north and south
  • Yang Di killed by his own generals
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Ming

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  • admiral Zheng He
  • extend the maritime and commercial influence of China throughout the regions bordering the Indian Ocean
  • commanded seven naval expeditions almost a century before the Portuguese reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
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