HAN DYNASTY

LIU BANG

• Liu Bang was one of the two peasents who rose to become a emperor.
• The first position of authority was village emperor, who eventually led to revolt
• He called his new dynasty Han, honoring his native land

HAN WUDI

• Martial emperor incorporated Confucianism into the educational system.
• The key components to the foreign policy; state sponsoredtrade, border securityandprotection

LAND AND REFORM

• In first century china land owners faced problems like poor harvests, high taxes and Burdens of debt
• Wangmang
• Ordered officials to break up large estates of land.
• Limited amount of land families could own.
• And took land from rich and gave to poor.