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Han Dynasty - Coggle Diagram
Han Dynasty
Golden age
Improved ancient calendars and timekeeping devices
Found out that eclipses are predictable events
Developed acupuncture
Arts
But were built on wood, so they break down
Invention of paper
Bureaucracy
People took exams to become civil servants
Han emperors were deeply Confucist
No women allowed
Anyone was allowed to take the exams
But only rich people could afford the time to study
Accomplishments
Relaxed the harsh legalism of Qin Dynasty
More opposed to Confucianism
Developed education and opened a university
Expanded to parts of Manchuria, Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet
The Silk Road
Started the project of the Silk Road
Network of routes
Network to cities and kingdoms
Ideas traveled by the people taking the Silk Road
Buddhism spread to China
Islam spread to Central and South Asia