1. Agenda Warm Up 12 Tables Review Review Han China
The Downfall of a Civilization
HW: Read Ch. 6
Finish Collapse of Civilizations

2. Warm Up
How does geography in Greece lead to the formation of City-States?
What were some of the achievements of the Roman Empire during the Pax Romana era?
What led to the end of the Roman empire?

3. Han Dynasty 202BCE - 221CE

5. Controlling the Empire
Solidify northern borders
A blend of legalist philosophy and Confucianism
Without the sin and violence.
Civil Service Examinations
Taxation Common
Had to be paid in cash
Peasants at a disadvantage.

6. The Economy and Military
Han suspicious of private merchants.
Heavy taxation
Not allowed to be in public office.
Relied on waterways for transportation.
Military originally required
Professional armies adopted with new military technology

7. Imperial Expansion Silk Road becomes a dominant trade route.
Borders expand close to Caspian Sea (W) and modern Vietnam(S).
Paper is invented.
Great Wall expanded under the Han (not the one today)

9. Religion and Culture Confucianism is official Religion.
Buddhism begins showing up in Western China.
Qin idea of terra cotta army is continued under the Han.
Modest Scale

10. Decline Emperors more worried about material goods than control.
Noble families take over vast areas of China, continuing a feudal existence.
Corruption in the government led to unrest by peasantry.
Invasion by Northern nomadic tribes common.
Four hundred years of anarchy and military rule follow.

11. Comparative Essay Outline
Thesis (1)
Similarity, Difference, and Analysis
Valid Comparison/Contrast (2)
Evidence (2)
Direct Comparison (1)
Analysis, why the comparison (1)