7.3 Han Emperors in China

The aristocrat general who was defeated by Liu Bang.

• Shi Huangdi

• Xiang Yu

• Laozi

To improve stability in his new empire, Liu Bang

• Returned to the principles of Legalism

• Made Daoism the state religion

• Lowered taxes and reduced punishments

Empress Lü continues her rule by

• declaring herself first female emperor

• naming young boys as emperor

• marrying another Han noble

The Han emperors enemies in the steppes to the north

• Xiongnu

• Mongols

• Huns

When the Han Dynasty is at its height, so are the

• Greeks

• Assyrians

• Romans

Wudi favored Confucian scholars and used the ethical system to

• create a civil service

• dominate China's neigbors

• eliminate Daoism

NOT one of the inventions of the Han Chinese

• gunpowder

• collar harness

• wheelbarrow

Techniques for producing this become a state secret as profits went up

• gunpowder

• silk

• carbon steel

To unify empire, Chinese government encourages

• assimilation

• converting to confucianism

• converting to Buddhism