HIST 10 World Civ
Lect. #6From Warring States to the First Emperor
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I. Introduction
A. Early Dynasties
1. Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BCE)
2. Zhou Dynasty (1122 BCE-c.750BCE)
B. The Warring States (403-221) [map]
1. Hundred Schools
• Confucianism
- Golden Era
- 5 Relationships (hierarchical)
- Human nature "perfectible"
• Daoism
- wu-wei (action through non-action)
• Legalism
- Shang Yang (d. 338 BCE)
- Han Feizi (d. 233 BCE)
- Li Si (ca. 280-208 BCE)
2. End of the Warring StatesII. Rise of the Qin State
B. Sources of Qin Power
1. Legalism
• Focused on laws
• "two handles" system
• role of ruler
2. Agriculture
• fu-guo = to enrich the state
• public works
3. Qin Army
• professional soldiers
• cavalry and infantry
• End of Warring States (map)
- Yan (226 BCE)
- Chu (223 BCE)
- Qi (221 BCE)
II. Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) [map]
A. Qin Shihuang (The First Emperor) [huangdi]
• Ying Zheng
• Dismantling Feudalism & Centralizing the State
B. Qin Legalist Public Works
• The Great Wall [panorama of modern Great Wall]
• Speedways
• Canals
• State Control of CultureII. The Fall of the Qin
A . Dreams of immortality
• Qin Tomb
• Qin Terracotta soldiers (color) (Xian)
•Death of Qin (Qin cart)
B. Founding the Han Dynasty