He also worked with standardizing the Chinese system of script as he removed variant forms within the Qin script. The new script was made official throughout all the conquered regions, allowing China to form one language and communication system for all of China. With Qin Shi Huangdi’s amendments to Chinese monetary coinage, weights, measurement, and system of writing, he was able to standardise their various ways to one common structure, bringing unity to China as a whole as a successful ruler. Anything to do with Confucianism was a serious crime. Under Qin Shi Huangdi’s rule, many existing books were burnt.
Qin Huang Di was a brutal emperor that dictated all of china and outlawed other religions. He highly disapproved all teachings of Confucianism and discarded most history before him. However he was a good emperor overall because he did things mostly for his country to live on. Qin Huang Di improved china’s infrastructure by making vast networks of roads, canals and bridges throughout China. This helped with trading and traveling.
Qin Shihuang unified all of China and established the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang who became the first emperor of China believed that building walls was the best way to defend his country from foreign invaders. He found that earlier walls had been disconnected and in 215 B.C. he ordered 2,000,000 people to help build walls and all of these people who got ordered were prisoners of war, and people who were found guilty of crimes and the majority of them were soldiers in the army. During the building of the Great Wall it took many lives and a heavy amount of money and materials.
On the other hand Imperial Rome's ruler, Julius Caesar fought for respect. He was a good military man and won a lot of battles. Caesar is responsible for the conquest of Gual and for bringing the army back to overthrow the republic. Imperial Rome was hierarchical. Han China and Imperial Rome's religions have their differences as well.
Mao Zedong escaped imprisonment and helps rebuild a stronger communist party in China. Spreading their beliefs through China which gain a lot of support from the poor class like farmers because of their beliefs being about equality in a country. For example in document eleven, “communist cartoon criticizing nationalist
China has been under rule of hundreds of different emperors, all of whom provided a new addition to Ancient China's rich and intricate history. These emperors ruled during periods called "dynasties" which could span from decades to centures. Of all the ancient chinese dynasties there is only one that left a lasting impression that built the foundation for modern day China. The Qin Dynasty is the greatest dynasty in Chinese history because of the standardization of currency, writing, and measurement, the formation of China, and being the first dynasty under rule of an emperor. Of these achievements the standardization of language and measurement has definately had one of the most positive impacts.
In Rome and China their administrative techniques used, you can see when looking at the emperors and legislative bodies they had, that in China, the emperors where given the right to rule by the “Mandate of Heaven”(study guide)(pg.130) which made all populous of the empire obey the ruler with out much question, giving him the same obedience that children gave their fathers. (pg.131) In contrast, Roman Consuls were placed into power by either their family right or by appointment of the previous Consul. (pg.149) Conflict grew between those who were appointed by the previous Consul and with those who had the family right making choosing the next emperor very tricky and often caused chaos in the government until things could be resolved. (pg.154) The regions of China and Imperial Rome are similar in the way of the use of bureaucracy,(ch.4) but different through the use of belief systems and in the role of the emperor. Both the empire of Han China and Imperial Rome used a bureaucracy as the form of political control.
The main portion of the wall as we know it was started by the Ming emperors starting in the 14th century CE. Using bricks and stone, the new wall was stronger than prior structures that were made of wood and packed dirt. (Rosenberg) Although numerous other civilizations had built walled cities, barriers and other fortifications, The Great Wall is easily the most recognizable and impressive example of a fortification. The massive structure snakes across the Chinese landscape, passing through nine cities and provinces. The construction of The Great Wall was one of the crowning achievements of the ancient Chinese.
Assignment 2: Ancient Chinese Contributions HUM 111 − World Cultures I Ancient Chinese Contributions Throughout our human history many ancient cultures have contributed to our advancements today. One of these amazing ancient cultures is the Chinese. Gunpowder invented during 9th century by Chinese alchemists. The compass invented during the Song Dynasty. Paper was invented during the Han Dynasty.
On more than one occasion, he was subjected to unjust attack simply because he refused to abandon correct views. This, however, only increase the respect in which he was held, and ultimately he became the nation's chief policy-maker. The collective leadership which he headed had ushered China into a new historical