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Cards In This Set
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1. Han Dynasty Main Events
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Confucian ideas replace legalismNew inventions result in surplus high quality products wanted by other countriesIncrease trade resulted in contacts with other countriesTrade brought new goods and ideas including Buddhism to China
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2. Farming and manufacturing
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Advances in manufacturing resulted in productivity increases and the empire prosperedSurplus products traded with other countries
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3. Han Dyansty - Chinese Master Ironworkers
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Swords and armors made army very powerfulIron plow - can cultivate more landWheelbarrow - one person can carry more load
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4. Han Dynasty - China silk production and export
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Silk - soft light highly valuable fabric complicated methods to raise silkworms, unwind the silk threads from cocoons, dyeing and weavingkeep secret to control production and pricerevealing secret was punished with deathfoot powered looms to produce very expensive garments
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5. Trade routes
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Silk and fine pottery from China was highly valued in other countries
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6. Expansion of trade
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Han armies conquest of other landsOther countries wanted China silk
Han Emperor Wudi wanted strong central Asia horsesChina Make profit by trading silk for horsesCentral Asia people make profit by selling silk |
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7. Silk road
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4,000 mile long network of routes stretched westward from China across Asia's deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East, until it reached the Mediterranean sea
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8. Silk road traders
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Chinese traders reached up to Central AsiaCentral Asia traders would take the goods the rest of the waySilk road was difficultPeople travelled in groups for protection with armed guardsWeather was also dangerous - icy blizzards, desert heat, blinding sand stormWorthy the risks as China grew rich from trading silktraders brought from Rome silver, gold, precious stones and horses
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9. Buddhism in China
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Traders also exchanged ideas not only goodsFirst Century AD Buddhism spread from India to China along the Silk Road and other trading routes
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10. Why Buddhism in China
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Over time as Han government became less stable, life in China became difficult and dangerous and people started to sufferTraditional religions Daoism and Confucianism did not provide answer to people sufferingBuddhism provided more hope with rebirth and relief from suffering
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11. Buddhism impact in China
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Indian Buddhist used ideas found in Daoism to explain BuddhismBuddhism in China is example of DIFFUSION - spread of ideas from one culture to anotherBuddhism text translated in Chinese, Chinese Buddhist monks, Buddha statues
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