History of China Lecture Outline:

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Dynasties Before the Golden Age: 221 B.C. - 618 A.D.

IV. Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C. - 206 B.C.)

A. Legalists triumph
B. Unified weights, measures, and writing system
C. Shi Huangdi (Shih Huang-ti)
D. Great Wall of China
E. Terra Cotta warriors
F. Burning of the Books Decree

V. HanDynasty (202 B.C. - 220 A.D.)

A. Liu Pang
B. Highly centralized government, but more in touch with peasant welfare
C. Confucianism paramount
D. Han Wudi (Han Wu-ti)
E. Silk Road
F. Tribute system
G. Yin/Yang
H. Paper is created

VI. Period of Disunion (The Three Kingdoms) (220 - 589)

A. Peasant rebellion
B. Confucianism loses influence
C. Aristocratic domination of Government
D. Buddhism comes to China
E. Wheelbarrow and gunpowder are invented

VII. SuiDynasty (581-618)

A. Heavy labor and tax burdens
B. Reconstruction of the Great Wall
C. Grand Canal
D. Yang Chien
E. Yang-ti (Yang Kuang)

Part I: Ancient Dynasties
Part III: The Golden Age Dynasties
Part IV: A Period of Foreign and Peasant Dynasties
Part V: Modern Dynasties (Nationalist and Communist Rule)