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Intro China Paragraph By Connor Allen and Jonathan Sogin

Classical China was a look into the development of strong centralized government. The three main areas where the classical Chinese people flourished were in the areas of intellect, politics, and the arts/ technology. The Zhou dynasty was the first to formally unite China. Their government was a feudalist government. After the Zhou the Qin united China under a legalist bureaucracy. During this time roads, the beginnings of The Great Wall, and canals were built through peasant labor. The Qin also standardized money and roads. Social status depended on wealth and military power. But After only 14 years the Qin dynasty fell from an internal peasant rebellion. After about 7 years Liu bang united china under the Han dynasty. The Han dynasty involved a more elaborate Confucian based bureaucracy. They used test to place government officials in the bureaucracy. They had expanded trade routes and a rising number of artists. The population was split into different social classes which include literate shi, scholar gentry and free peasants that make up 95% of the population. Even though there were a large number of peasants the Han dynasty was still the most urbanized society at the time. China was the most advanced government society in the world at that time.