HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Yellow Turban Rebellion, Sui Dynasty, Han Dynasty
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Lecture: imperial china and the spread of chinese institutions and culture. Review: fall of the later han (25-220 ce) 220 ce military generals depose the last han emperor. Ui we(cid:374)di"s su(cid:272)(cid:272)essor is o(cid:448)erthro(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)y a re(cid:271)el general. Imperial china: tang dynasty (618-907 ce) & song dynasty (960-1279) First emperor appoints officials from sui dynasty. Council of state interacted with the emperor daily. Capital at cha(cid:374)g"a(cid:374) (imperial city) had two government ran markets. Became a center to come to, to sell various goods. Taxes via the equal field system (not actually equal, aristocracy, aristocrats got more land and got tax exemptions. ) Government offices, were given based on recommendation or from father to son. Emperor had a stroke, was weakened, eventually died, so wu became the sole region while her son. Worked to limit power of aristocracy and military leaders. Buddhism as favored religion of the state. (built temples and added art)
