Ancient Chinese Han Dynasty: Map

 

 This map is a map of the ancient Chinese dynasty of Han (206 BCE-220 CE). The red shows there territory that they ruled at the time. The bumpy border shows the Great Wall of China. All the white surrounding the red is an actual picture of China's current political boundaries of china today. That's a brief summary of what this map represents.As you can tell the Han dynasty was about half the size of what china is today, which is amazing for a ancient dynasty. Also it was easier for the Han dynasty to expand because it was next to the water and its trading could expand a lot.

Interview With: Liu Bang Han Ruler

“Interview With: Liu Bang Han Ruler”

            How did land expansion benefit you and your country?

            Land expansion benefited our country a lot for multiple reasons. One example of how it benefited, because our army was very powerful. Since it was it could conquer a lot more of our enemies land and we only had room to get bigger and bigger. Also another thing is the Silk Road and its 7,000 miles is a key example of how much land we have and how much we could use to expand and still have enough to use as land for our civilians and civilization. And lastly, since our country was in tact for a good amount of time (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) we had a lot of time to plan out attacks if we had the mindset or any. That’s in my opinion why I think we, the Hans benefited from land expansion.

            How did the idea of the Silk Road help your country?

            The Silk Road helped a lot for multiple reasons. One reason was that it helped us send silk and other trade items we had in our civilization and also trade for other items we wanted or needed in order to make our dynasty strong and our people happy with the products we provided to them. Secondly, the silk road helped our civilization learn more about religion because of all the people we traded with there was a vast majority of different religions we learned more of during the trade and its good because it gave us some ideas if we ever decided to change our religion and in other words it would be sort of like a backup. Lastly the Silk Road helped us learn about different culture as well. It did because it helped us learn about the different ways people dress. That’s what I think about the invention of the Silk Road.

            Over the time of your ruling what did you learn?

            I learned that if I wanted a strong, wealthy, and smart civilization I had to make smart decisions. One of the key things that helped us grow and be successful is the Silk Road because it was were most of our major trades were made and it helped us learn a lot because of some of the people we traded with. And also the fact that our civilization was by the water we could make more important trades with countries that were across the ocean. The Silk Road also stretched to India so it helped us trade with countries all around Asia. Some of the most important things we got was food for our people and supplies for their house. That’s what I think I learned during the time of my ruling.

Ancient China Dynasty: Invention.

"Paper Invented!"

            Paper was invented in China during the Han Dynasty. Paper was an important invention around this time period for multiple reasons. One reason is that it was very portable. Since it was portable it was easy to just carry around and pull out when needed instead of carrying around a big piece of stone. Also it didn’t take to long to make and it only used a few supplies and it was a product that could be traded a lot because you could make it whenever you needed it. Lastly, it was a very good money and expensive product saver because without paper they would have to waste bamboo slips, golden stone, turtle shell, animal bone, and/or silk and both are very pricey. That’s what papers uses were in ancient China.

            Paper was invented by the Han Dynasty and mostly used for recording important events and data. Prior to the invention people, had to get heavy stone to write on or use good, expensive cloth that was needed for other important things. Paper was thought to be invented in between 202 B.C.-220 A.D. For this reason, that was the time period that the Han Dynasty lasted. Lastly, without it the Chinese would be stuck in wasting money they needed to help support there growing dynasty. That’s what the first uses of paper were and when it was developed.

            Paper has really changed people’s lives in many ways. For example, without paper today I would possibly be writing this paper on some piece of cloth or a stone. Also all famous documents could possibly break and we would be using a computer 24/7 for all. Also without paper a lot of kids would not be able to do homework and would not learn a lot after class at your house. Lastly, there would be no dollar bills there would only be coins and a lot of currency would be harder to manage because there so small and you’d carry a lot at a time in order to buy something. That’s why paper has changed the world ever since its invention in the ancient Chinese dynasty of Han.

Ancient China Project: Bibliography

http://noodletools.com/noodlebib/mybib.php <---- Bibliography