China 's History, Traditions, Geography, And More

Han China, which lasted from 206 BCE-220 CE, and Imperial Rome, lasting from 31 BCE to 476 CE, not only influenced each other but still influence governments around the world today. Despiste happening in different time periods and in different places, each empire can somewhat be seen through the other’s social structure; likewise, each empire had key differences that set them apart from the rest of the world making them two of the most influential empires of all time. While Han and Imperial Rome both were patriarchal and hierarchical societies, Rome, a republic, heavily depended on slaves and China, a merit based government, depended on peasants.

How both of these civilizations got their beginnings both rose out of the ashes of previous rather successful empires that would lay out the groundwork for both of them.  In the Han Dynasty’s case, it became the successor to Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty being a very significant part of China’s history as it brought together the six different kingdoms after the Warring States period in Chinese history. The Qin Dynasty was also the same dynasty that brought forth the idea of the first emperor. After the Qin Dynasty collapsed the Han Dynasty was founded by government official Liu Bang who became emperor of China. According to our Liu Bang adopted the Qin Legalist system. With the Legalist system Liu Bang expanded on it by incorporating the teaching Confucius. Under the Legalist system the emperor had absolute power.1 The only other government officials were two chancellors and nine ministers who were in charge of the nine ministries that helped handle justices, revenue and foreign affairs.2

In fact, the Chinese were the first civilization to have dynasties. A dynasty is a ruling family. New dynasties mean very new things for the people of China. Whenever someone new took over they would lower taxes, restore peace and rebuild the roads and irrigation systems. As the dynasty aged they would eventually raise taxes. This would get the people very mad. People revolted because they were mad at all the problems going on. Then a new dynasty will take over. This continues for every dynasty. This is also called the Dynastic Cycle. Another thing the Chinese invented was the compass. We still use the compass today to tell us what direction to go in. The Chinese civilization’s achievements had a large effect on our life

As one rises, another falls. Civilizations undulated in historic times more frequently than waves in an ocean; however, most of them are forgotten to this day because of their insignificant impact. The Roman and Chinese Empires were established like any other civilization, but rose to power through proper governing of the people. They later became so successful that they emulated one another in different fields of culture. The Han Dynasty was one of many dynasties in ancient China and it was able to change the outlook on society because of its radical and novel ideology based on Confucianism. During the dynasty, the emperor Wudi pushed borders and trade like no other dynasty of its kind and conquered land past China's century long

The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire both ruled for considerably long periods, spanning over four centuries around the same time. The Zhou Dynasty, an early Chinese empire, ruled to around the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Their government was based on feudalism; this giving power to the rich in their society. Overextension led to the fall of their rule, leading to the rise of Confucianism and Legalism. These beliefs along with Taoism led to the warring states period, these views leading to the start of the Qin Dynasty and then to the Confucianist Han Dynasty. Like the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Roman Empire began with nobility rule. A difference would be that the Roman Republic's fall had more to do with the tension between the classes. This leading to Julius Caesar's rule, like Qin Shi Huangdi the Emperor of the Qin Shi Dynasty. Caesar's assassination lead to the rise of the Roman Empire. The beginning of their regions early powers began around the same period and spanned for around the same length, this provided for similarities between the two, such as tension between classes, and expansion of their trade routes, a difference being the succession of leaders in both of their governments.

China has had many dynasties, but there are two which stand out; which, are the Qin and the Han. Ancient China has had one of the oldest and longest civilizations in the history of the world. Throughout China’s history, China was ruled by powerful families called dynasties. Because of Qin and Han significance and impact on China, both dynasties sites are influential to Chinese history, but the Han dynasty had a greater impact on the history of China due to their significant rise to power, impact, and their influence to Chinese history.

Since I am interested in China, I decided to find out a little more about it. One of the first things I would like to find out is some basic information about the country. Another thing I would like to find out is what happened in China’s history. Furthermore, it would also be interesting to learn about the country’s current leader. In addition, I would like to find out about popular attractions that are located in China. Finally, I want to learn about a famous person who was born in China. Those are some of the things I hope to learn from doing this project.

Encyclopedia Britannica: The Encyclopedia Britannica provides a long and detailed account of China's development, history, and culture.

Throughout its history, China has gone through transformations that have left their mark; certain central aspects have endured while others have remained the same. Regardless of what changed and what endured, the events that took place from the Qin to the Tang Dynasties shaped the philosophies, religions, governments, and the culture of China.

Rhoads Murphey describes the history of China history is on the succession of dynasties that ruled it over a period of time until around 1912 when Republic of china was formed before rising to the current People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949. In China, a dynasty was made up of Kings or emperors that came from the same family. They ruled in succession where a king could be inherited by his son or his immediate relatives. Although china’s history is majorly regarded on the basis of dynastic ruling, other small kingdoms were established that ruled different part of china. For example, in 200AD, the fall of great Han dynasty triggered formation of smaller kingdoms all over the china which were later united by a short lived Sui Dynasty that reigned between 580 and 618 AD.

Chinese Dynasties: 1. Shang: Also called Yin, dynasty that was China's earliest historically verifiable state 1766 B.C. to 1122 B.C. A. Reason's for Rise: Unlike the early accounts of history by the Chinese, there is archaeological evidence of the Shang, who built their cities in northern China around the eastern parts of the Yellow River. For this reason they are called the Yellow River civilization. They were a bronze age people; bronze-working seems to have entered China around 2000 BC (about one thousand years after its invention in Mesopotamia). B. Territorial Location & size at height of power (map): The Shang ruled the area from the North China Plain northward into present-day Shantung Province and westward to the tip of Honan

Throughout the 20th century, mainland China had gone through numerous changes. There was a large cultural revolution and vast famine that affected many people at the time. Many Chinese people were being internally displaced, and they were seeking potential opportunities elsewhere. The main flow of immigration was to Hong Kong (HK) because it was seen to open up many opportunities of financial growth and travel. There were some who wanted to immigrate to the United States (US), but the Chinese Exclusion Act and restrictions from the People’s Republic of China prevented mainland Chinese people from traveling outside of the country. Even with the Immigration Act of 1965 that opened up pathways for non-European immigrants, it was still difficult

Ancient China is an era in time about 8000 BCE to 1912 CE. China is one of the world's four ancient civilisations. China has more than 5000 years of Chinese history, including the Great Wall of China and the four great inventions of Ancient China. Which are the seismograph, gun powder, paper and printing. Dynasties are when the ruler of a country is passed down to family members or through a bloodline over a long period of time. Being the Emperor/ruler is passed down through bloodlines (just like a monarchy). The first dynasty was the Xia dynasty which had started in the 21st century BC. The last dynasty which was the Qing dynasty ended in 1912 CE. The dynasties were Xia (2100-1700 BC), Shang Dynasty (1770-1045 BC), Zhou Dynasty(1045-256 BC),

Archaeology has allowed society to gain a vast understanding of past cultures and behaviours over thousands of years ago. Scientific research has allowed us to widen our knowledge on humans and their past interaction. Through the excavation of the Terracotta army, many insightful secrets have been uncovered. Buried in a large mausoleum over 2200 years ago, the site reveals past hints of cultures and beliefs during the ancient civilisation of China, although techniques need to be implemented to better preserve one of the rarest ancient treasures and evidence that remains. The Terracotta warriors are an army of clay built by the ancient emperor Quin Shi-Huang. When excavating the site many significant items have been found that have provided scientists with lots of research. Many problems have been evidently found while excavating and a few controversies have been sparked.

China has about five thousand years history which is a very long period of time. Also, the Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappinesses were happening during this period. Although, the time has passed, the histories and the civilizations have not passed. These family virtues, serious, working attitudes, sense of justice and the great Confucian tradition have been deeply assimilated into the Chinese people. Some Chinese traditions are different from North American’s. The Chinese culture has many special characteristics which are very interesting for people to learn.