Qin Shihuangdi, a ruler that tried to unify China, succeeded in defeating the warring states and unifying China, developing an effective bureaucracy, adapting a philosophy called Legalism, and enjoying a rapidly rising agricultural output and a growing population. ... If the ruler didn't rule properly in China, the Mandate of Heaven was thought to be lost and natural disasters and social upheaval may have disposed the dynasty. ... In China, Buddhism, originally coming from India, received little support from the Han dynasty rulers, and only modestly spread among the Chinese until the Han ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Living during the second half of the Zhou dynasty, a time when feudalism degenerated in China and conspiracy was constant, Confucius was not an advocate of the contemporary behavior and lack of moral standards. ... During the Qin empire, Legalism set the forth the main principles of which the empire ran. ... Emperor Wudi of the "Han Dynasty" was seen as one ruler who used both the principles of Confucianism and Legalism("Introduction to Legalism"). ... Soon after he founded the Han Dynasty, they began separating different sections of the land in strategic parts of the country to other nobles o...

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"Adamson (2002) analyzes the official role and status of English language and education in China by dividing Chinese history into three periods – the Qing dynasty, the Republican era, and the People's Republic of China.... In the Qin Dynasty, the King opened Canton as the port to foreign countries. ...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School