Lecture : Qin and Han Dynasty
Document Summary
Lots of people actually relocated, but a flood in 119 bce caused even more. Estimated 700k people moved to the border regions in the. Used the iron to make iron farming tools. Longest and most famous overland trade route, from china to the roman empire. Called the silk road bc the main good traded is silk. Agriculture (slide 11) (same ruler as previous notes left off) Great way to secure dynasty, and spread people throughout the land so more people would work around the land. The land around the yellow river was 100x more expensive than border regions. Introduction of rice, replaced millet (type of grain) and then rice became the staple crop in the south. Han also nationalized the iron industry, meaning the gov controlled iron pricing. New invention of seed drill in 85 bce, can plow and seed at the same time, creating really amazing production times (slide 12)
