# GEP1005 Week 6 Part 3

**Channel:** BAUGO
**Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRZt89dbAg
**Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/umRZt89dbAg

## Chapters

- 0:09 — Qin Unification and Standardization
- 2:09 — Great Wall and Terracotta Army
- 3:27 — Qin Decline and Han Rise
- 4:47 — Han Dynasty Culture and Legacy

## Transcript

**[0:09]:** the political unification in china was provided around 221 bc by the kin dynasty the commander of the kin dynasty xi huang di was one of the intellectual followers of xiang he defeated his rivals and unified china in 221 bc she hung the rule through strict legalist principles he was regarded as the first chinese emperor the capital of the king dynasty was zain yang which was extensively enlarged after the kin dominance was established the ruling class of kin believed themselves to be legitimate hairs to the zoo states and through the centuries they strengthened their diplomatic and political standing through a variety of means one of the most important outcomes of the king conquest was the standardization of non-alphabetic written strip throughout china replacing the previous regional scripts this script was simplified so that it allowed faster writing and easier record keeping the king also standards waves and measures casting bronze models for measurements and sending them

**[1:29]:** to local governments these were imposed on merchants so that trade and commerce were simplified across the empire in addition bronze coins were crafted so that money was standardized all over the country hence for the first time in its history the various fighting and opposing states in china were unified the name china in fact is derived from the word kin which was written as qin in earlier western texts during the rule of the king empire the well-known

**[2:09]:** achievements is the creation of the great wall and a large army of terracotta warriors the great wall of china is an ancient series of walls and fortifications totaling more than 13 000 miles in length located in northern china xiuang di was the first who initiated the building of the great wall in the third century bc however the best known and best preserved section of the great wall was built from 14th to 17th centuries a.d though the great wall never effectively prevented invaders from entering china it came to function as a powerful symbol of chinese civilization's enduring strength terracotta army the first chinese emperor xiangdi developed an army of life-sized statues almost 8 000 terracotta warriors and 600 terracotta horses plus chariots tables and other artifacts were found in his chomp just short of short of a mile away outside the eastern gate of the underground city it is now famous as terracotta army xiangti struggled

**[3:27]:** to establish a centralized state and gave importance to the public works he worked hard to unify the concurred people across a once territory that was home to various cultures and languages however xiang these excessive a force to provide these led to the rewalls and his weaker successor could not resist these hence another significant dynasty the khan replaced the kin the han dynasty became the longest lived and most illustrious dynasty of china following a mastery world in the kin empire in 210 bc son of peasant family liu bang managed to win the campaigns against the kin dynasty he successfully negotiated among the power groups he announced himself as the emperor of china in 202 bc the hind dynasty ruled china for 400 years from 206 bc to 220 a.d it was the second imperial dynasty of china after the kin the han chinese way of life is reflected in chinese life today though tainted by deadly

**[4:47]:** dramas within the royal court han ruling also known for its promotion of confucianism as the state religion and opening the sacral trade route to europe permanently altering the course of the chinese history art and inventions of the han dynasty like paper still influence the world today paper was invented in china during the han dynasty as around 105 a.d the time of the han dynasty was the period of great creativity and innovation great cities were established trade immensely expanded merchant class flourished it showed enormous effort to find the remaining coefficient documents many of which had been confiscated by the king dynasty and was burned down in a civil war in 210 bc some documents were found as the possession of the kings some others were found in the walls of confucius home in 136 bc a program in the imperial university was created for teaching the five classics of confucianism translated into modern script by the

**[6:03]:** year 300 a.d the university had 30 000 students studying confucianism the decline of the han dynasty marked a period of civil warfare rebellions invasions which dominated china for 100

**[6:27]:** years