EMPEROR WUDI
Gillian Bennet, Matthew Giacovelli, Nick
Bruno and Yaak Awuok
BACKGROUND
 After
the fall of the Qin Dynasty in 206 the Han
Empire began
 Liu Bang became Emperor Gaozu of Han and inherited
the infrastructure construction of the Qin including
roads, canals and the Great Wall.
 Emperor Gaozu later grew suspicious of his top leaders
and had them killed or demoted. ( Emperor Gaozu later
died in 195 B.C.)
EMPEROR WUDI
 Most
famous Han emperor who took china to new
heights
 He’s reign lasted 54 years from 141 B.C . To 87 B.C
 Chose officials from Confucian “men of wisdom and
Virtue”
WUDI STRENGTHENS THE GOVERNMENT
AND ECONOMY
 To
advance economic growth, Wudi improved canals
and roads
 Emperor Wudi had granaries set up across his empire so
his government could buy grain when it was rich and
sell it at stable prices when it was inadequate.
 Emperor Wudi imposed a government monopoly on iron
and salt
WUDI’S EXPANSIONISM
 Wudi
followed a policy of expansionism by rising the
amount of territory under Chinese rule.
 To expand China’s borders and to take out nomadic
peoples beyond the Great wall he fought many battles.
 Chinese armies added outposts in Manchuria, Korea,
northern Vietnam, Tibet, and Central Asia.
WUDI ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Wudi
opened up a trade route which was later called
the Silk Road, which would link China and the west
centuries.
 The Silk Road eventually stretched for 4,000 miles,
connecting China to the Fertile Crescent in
Southwestern Asia.
 Helped repair the Great Wall of china
WORKS CITIED

"Wudi Emperor of the Han Dynasty (156- 87
BC)." ChinaHighlights. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov.
2014.