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Was a pretty unstable time of leadership.
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Whipped China into shape but with more brutality then some people supported. Built Great Wall of China and Terra Cotta Army.
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Mostly followed the ideas of the Qin but with a lot less brutality. Also were close believers of Confucianism.
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Unified China again
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First time women were first used for manual labor of the kind.
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The emperor pushed too hard for his people to be quick, only took twenty years, but causes a lot of death- which in turn brought their downfall.
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First female ruler of China
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Xunzong ruled strongly for a time until he fell in love with his son's concubine and abandoned responsibility. (745)
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Rebellion caused Xuanzong and his family to retreat, major outside religious suppression.
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Named this because of the constant and many changes of leadership during the time span.
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Era of prosperity, entrepreneurship, development of new crops and technology, new lifestyles and careers. Some improved rights for women. For women beauty standards and societal ideas started to be highly pushed onto them.
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39 years they tried to invade the Song dynasty. First time explosives were used in combat.
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Mongol Dynasty
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Became the first commoner emperor. After he had become a monk at the age of 16 and was then thrown from the monastery. Then wandered and begged around China until he joined a rebellion (1352).
Was kinda like the democrats of today and/or Robin Hood. Wanted to take from the rich and give to the poor. -
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Adapted to what most of think of China's society's ways
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The abundance of rebellion showed how unhappy the people were and therefore caused the downfall.