Mrs. Wheeler

• Please get your clicker out of the bag and wait patiently for directions.

• Read & take Cornell Notes on the following cues:
• The Silk Road
• Tradition and Learning
• Han Technology

• How was Buddhism introduced to China?
• A. It originated in a small village along the banks of the Huang River
• B. Wudi started the religion
• C. Missionaries traveling along the Silk Road brought the religion with them
• D. No one knows how it was introduced to China
• How did Han rulers bring back respect for tradition during the Han dynasty?
• A. They made all the people who behaved disrespectfully into slaves
• B. They ordered people to respect one another
• C. They encouraged people to return to the teachings of Confucius
• D. They rewarded respectful behavior with wealth and silk
• During the Han dynasty, which advance in technology was important for farming?
• A. Paper
• B. The book Historical Records
• C. Stone plows
• D. Iron plows

• Wudi’s conquests brought Chinese into contact with Central
Asia (Trade)
• What types of new goods did trade bring to China?
• grapes, walnuts, and garlic
• Silk Road trade route from China to Med. - see map P.159
• Travel was hard and dangerous through mountainous country and desert land – easier after Pamir Mountains
• Antioch- Port city goods shipped to Rome, Greece, and Egypt
• Few traveled the entire length goods were passed from trader to trader
• What effect did this have on prices?

• Silk Road is name from the valuable cloth made in China
• Han farmers and workers developed new methods of producing the cloth
• What is a silk worm?
• Wealthy Romans silk-Wealthy Chinese glass, horses, ivory, woolens, and linen cloth
• What ideas traveled the Silk Road?
• Buddhism

• Arts and scholarship flourished during the Han dynasty
• Encouraged the return to Confucius teachings
• Poetry, language, and history
• Sima Qian - Wrote a history of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi called Historical Records

• Han dynasty China became most advanced civilization in the world pg. 161
• Defend the idea that the Han dynasty was very advanced?
• Focused on improving their society
• began making iron farming tools
• constructed irrigation systems
• developed new way of farming
• Paper- first made from bark, hemp, and rags
• Influenced learning and the arts in China
• Use eventually spread across Asia into Europe replacing papyrus
• Other inventions included wheelbarrow, the rudder, and the collar and harness for animals