HAN DYNASTY

THE BEGINNING

• Liu Bang was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty.
• He ruled China from 202–195 BC.
• He named his dynasty, "Han", after his native district, Hanzhong.

HAN WUDI

• Created a national music bureau to teach people with musical concepts.
• Many of Wudi's foreign policies were aimed at creating cultural unity by....
• Opening the Silk Road
• Strengthening alliences with leaders from other nations
• Increasing china's territory by conquering small kingdoms

LAND AND REFORM

• Small land owners often fell in debt and sold their land to the wealthy.
• Some were even forced to become slaves for higher classes.
• Wang Mang tried to incraese the power of small land owners by...
• Reducing taxes in times of poor harvest and providing relief after disasters.
• Displacing farmers from paying land and labor taxes for a year.