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History of China
Questions about Chinese people, events, customs and cultures, including the various Chinese dynasties in existence throughout nearly 5000 years of China's history.
6,134 Questions
Was Shi Huangdi's rule for china good or bad and why?
In my opinion, I believe Qin Shi Huang is a good leader of Ancient China because he not only unified China, he also undertook many construction projects and other types of projects that seemed impossible to complete in those times. One example of one of his construction projects is the Great Wall of China. It took about 500,000 to 1,000,000 people to complete it. Qin Shi Huang is a good ruler as he introduced wise rules to his people. He also introduced standard measures and coins throughout the whole empire. He was also a bad, violent ruler as he have no mercy as he killed many of his people who broke his law and the entire family of the person who broke the law even though his/her family members are innocent.
What territories declared their independence from China following the 1911 Revolution?
Outer Mongolia and Tibet declared their independence from China after 1911.
What were Chinaese cities like during the Tang and Song dynasties?
People don't leave China to any considerable extent. 200.000 Vietnamese refuges came to China 1979-1981.
What is the importance of extended family of ancient china?
Family was important because the tradition of using family names first dates back to china's earliest times. Also it show that Centuries later, a great philosopher thinker,callled Confucius had ideas would have a great effect on the Chinese people.
What year did Mao Tse Tung die?
Mao Tse Tung, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao was born in 1893 and died in 1976. He was a Chinese communist revolutionary, politican and socio-political theorist.
What is the difference between communist China and pre- communist China when it comes to culture?
In many aspects, in pre-communist China, there were no election, in communist China, the election is controled by the party. in terms of the culture, in pre-communist China, only a very small part of people can read, Now, more than one out of four young people have the chance to have higher education.
How did the Mongols change China and how did China change the Mongols?
When the Mongols took over a place, they normally did not change their way of life. Their main goal was to conquer land. They had great religious tolerance, but they didn't know how to really control a government. Though when they took over China, which was divided into three states (Tanggut, Jin, & Song), they united these states. The merchant economy flourished. Technology also continued to advance.
What languages did the ancient Chinese speak?
The ancient Chinese spoke Sinitic Languages-Sinitic meaning 'of or relating to China'. However Mandarin was the most predominant language over most of the country.
Various time The Chinese speak various dialects: Prior to Three Kingdoms they were speaking Hokkien in Central Plain, the Language thus being assimilated to Fujian Province with the waves of migrations. Hakka was spoken mostly by the Xiong Nu, Chinese from the northern borders that were later assimilated again during the southern migration from the northern plain. Mandarin was the byproduct of Mongolian speaking Chinese language at that time after the fall of Tang Dynasty and eventually refined during Ming and Qing Dynasties.
How did life change for people in China from 2000bc to 221bc?
it changed by the people making new things
Why is Qin Shi Huang So important?
In many ways Shi Huang DI was great leader but in other ways he was a TERRIBLE leader but he did help china in many ways to find out how say previded for the next epy of who wants to be a millionare!!!
What did the communists win in China against the nationalists?
In the Chinese civil war, the communists had a superior strategy of guerrilla warfare, ability to win the hearts of and extract resources (as well as intelligence) from the people in the countryside and better discipline in the party. The nationalists over-spread their forces, concentrated on holding important cities (to which they were later surrounded, their weapons being taken by the communists and troops being assimilated to the Red Army). The nationalists had weapons and equipment from the US, but they failed to use them effectively; the communists had equipment taken from the defeated Japanese in the north (as well as the nationalists). The nationalists mis-administered areas under their control, alienating most of the population, resulting in corruption and having huge inflation.
What were the pros and cons of imperialism in China?
The Pros are:
- Most superpowers brought with them modern technologies and introduced industrialization in smaller nations, boosting the economy.
- Introduced the concept of a democratically elected popular government to ensure political stability.
- Education and scientific thinking was introduced and encouraged.
- Better health care facilities were provided.
- New transportation systems such as rail, Road Sea and air were introduced.
- New languages, religions and a new way of life were introduced.
- The imperialist's countries gained cheap, efficient workforce.
- Food production increased due to better farming methods.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China by introducing new currency, enforcing a unified writing system, abolishing feudalism and built the Great Wall of China. He is considered both a tyrant and a benevolent leader.
Why was the porcelian important to china?
They typically used it for the same reasons we do today, not to mention the clay soldiers you can find in some tombs.
What time period was the Han Dynasty started and ended?
The Han Dynasty is actually two separate dynasties. It is considered one dynasty by the Chinese because the second dynasty was founded by a member of the former Han dynasty who declared he had restored the Han Dynasty. The original Han Dynasty was overthrown when the wealthy families gained more power than the emperor. The families became allied with each other through marriages and were responsible for the selection of officials. The widow of the emperor Yuan Ti succeeded in placing all of her relatives in government positions and ruling in place of her son. Her nephew, Wang Mang eventually declared himself emperor of a new dynasty, the Hsing (New). His rise to emperor is unusual because he gained much public support on his rise and he began a ceremony in which a seal of precious stone was passed to the emperor. From then on, whoever held this seal was the official emperor. Wang Mang was overthrown by a secret society of peasants known as the Red Eyebrows, because they painted their eyebrows red. The descendents of the Han dynasty eventually joined in the uprising, and, it was the armies of these nobles, under the leadership of Liu Hsiu, who killed Wang Mang in 22A.D. The fighting continued until 25 A.D., when Liu Hsiu became the emperor. As an emperor he was called Kuang-wu Ti. Millions of people died during the fighting, leaving land for the peasants, and often, the freedom of debt as the lenders had died.
The second Han Dynasty had much success with their foreign policy. Part of this success was due more to luck than to anything the Han did. The Hsiung nu who had previously been one of the most dangerous enemies of the Chinese were defeated by the Hsien-pi and the Wu-huan. Half of the Hsiung nu moved south, and became part of the Chinese empire. The Hsiung nu appeared to be trying to reunite and form a large empire comprising all of Turkestan. Thus, in 73 A.D. the Chinese began a campaign in Turkestan. The whole of Turkestan was quickly conquered which would have ensured a trading monopoly, however, the emperor Ming Ti died and Chang Ti became emperor. He favored an isolationist policy so that much of what was gained in Turkestan was now lost. Pan Ch'ao, the deputy commander who had led the invasion, stayed in Turkestan to try and hold onto what had been won, and eventually in 89 A.D. a new emperor came to power with a renewed interest in holding Turkestan. Despite this military success, economic and political struggles arose within China. Internal struggles for power taxed the peasants, until in 184 A.D. when another peasant uprising occurred. This movement was begun by the Yellow Turbans. This uprising served to unite the factions who had previously been fighting one another because they needed to unite to defeat the Yellow Turbans. Despite conquering them, China did not return to a united state. Rather, three kingdoms emerged and the Han dynasty came to an end.
What war did the Qin dynasty have?
yes during the qin dynasty there where a number of wars that took place, that is why it was called the warring state period.
this is mainly due to the start of one emperor over all of china, which was unheard of till then.
How many social classes were in china?
Social classes are divisions of people in society in accordance with their economic status. Ancient China was divided into six social classes.
Rulers:
The Emperor, leaders or other kinds of rulers
Nobles:
The nobles made up the highest-ranking class after the ruling family. They fought in emperor's army, provided weapons, foot soldiers, and chariots. Shang nobles enjoyed life of luxury. They lived in great palaces and spent time on hunting. From hunting they had the oracle bones.
Farmers:
Farmers were the largest social class in Shang society. They worked small plots of land, growing millet, wheat, barley, rice, fruit, vegetables, and nuts. The land was under the control of either the emperor or the nobles. The farmers didn't even get to keep most of their crops. They kept only enough to feed themselves and their families.
Craftspeople:
They formed a small social class. This class included bronze and jade workers, potters, and stonemasons. Bronze workers made the weapons and decorated containers for the emperor and nobles to use in religious ceremonies or simply as symbols of their wealth.
Traders:
Technically, traders ranked below nobles, but above farmers in Shang Society. However, they were always looked down upon as they didn't actually produce goods themselves, merely bought and sold what everyone else made. So naturally, the commoners were angered when they saw merchants and traders extremely rich despite their laziness, when they themselves had nothing. Scholars believe that the Shang traded extensively because the modern Chinese word for merchant is shang ren, which could also mean Shang Men. During the dynasty people mostly traded goods. But they also used cowrie shells, a type of seashell as money.
Slaves:
They were working for some rulers or other people who had a lot of money. For example, they were working in some factory.
Which effect of the communist revolution in china do you think had the most permanent impact?
The cultural revolution
Another one of the major Chinese exports during the age of imperialism?
either ship building or silk. with by research, it's both- but find which one fits better.
Some things invented during the Qin dynasty were streets and the Great Wall of China. Things that were standardized were measurements, axles, weight, written language, and money.
They also invented gun powder, legalism, and iron tipped spears.
What goods did Rome trade on the silk road?
A variety of goods flowed to the west along the silk road from China and the countries the trade route passed through.
Principle among these was the Chinese silk that the road is named after but the caravans also brought spices, Chinese porcelain, Chinese paper, bronze artworks, lacquered goods, medicines, perfumes and tea.
(There was more merchandise than above, the list is not exhaustive. Also remember goods also flowed the other way, particularly wool products and metals).
