PRESENTATION OUTLINE
a. Liu Bang was the founder of the Han Dynasty.
b. Liu Bang called the dynasty Han in honor of his native land.
a. Han Wudi put the imperial university system in place. It prepared young men for government service.
b. His foreign policy included ruling invaded lands through a Chinese style government and Confucian values.
a. Individual economic problems forced small land owners to sell their property under unfavorable conditions.
b. Wang Mang limited the amount of land a family can hold and ordered officials to break up large estates, redistribute them, and provide landless individuals with land.