Han Inventions
What is paper?
Thanks to this Han innovation, scholars could write on a lightweight, affordable material rather than heavy bamboo or expensive silk.
What was Confucianism?
The Han dynasty replaced the harsh, strict policies of the previous dynasty with this philosophy, which focused on order.
This religion/philosophy spread along the Silk Road from India into China during the Han era.
Buddhism
What is a census?
A number of people living in a place.
What is a seismograph?
A device made to detect tremors.
What is a seismograph?
This device was made to detect temors
Who is Confucius?
People had to pass and take exams based on the teachings of this famous philosopher.
What is the Silk Road?
What is the Silk Road?
What is a warlord?
A regional military commander who helped during times of chaos, for example when the Han fell
What was the Pax Sinica?
A period of chinese peace.
What is the iron plow?
This agricultural tool, improved during the Han, used iron to break up soil more easily than earlier wooden plows
What was the Han?
This was known as the golden age of chinese history.
. What did the nobles and wealthier people eat during the Han dynasty?
They ate a variety of food, including noodles, duck, pork and vegetables.
What was the Pax Sinica?
A period of Chinese peace.
What rock was believed to preserve the body?
The jade rock.
What is a rudder?
A tool which which allowed for better steering of ships, that was invented during this time.
Who is Emperor Wu Ti.
The Xiongnu People were attacked and defeated by this person.
The wealthy or middle class people were usually?
Merchants, Nobles, Politicians or Civil servants.
What are matted fibers?
The dough used to make paper, made from hemprags, Mulberry tree bark and water.
What happened to the Xiongnu people?
They were attacked and defeated by Wu Ti.
What is the wheelbarrow?
To transport heavy stuff over to farther places, the Han dynasty used this invention, which is still used in construction today.
His own son, after being accused of witchcraft against the emperor, starts and uprising and then......
Wu Ti dies.
Which rock was to preserve the body?
The jade rock.
What is silk?
A luxiourious materiel made from the cocoons of silkworms. It was valuable and only worn by nobles.
What is a census?
The number of people living in a place.