Question

What were some of the achievements of the golden age of the Han Dynasty?

Answer 1

Technology

Han inventors created paper from wood pulp. Paper is still made in the same basic way today. Ships were improved. The rudder was created to steer ships. Bronze and iron stirrups made horseback riding easier. The fishing reel was invented. So were wheelbarrows. Suspension bridges were also created.

Arts

Lovely temples, parks, and palaces were built. Artisans created jade and ivory carvings. Fine ceramics were also made. Workers in bronze and silk improved earlier methods.

One handbook written during this time was Lessons for Women. Ban Zhao wrote it around 100 CE. It tells about how women and men should behave. Women were supposed to treat men with respect. They also needed to obey men and submit to them.

Religion

Buddhism reached China by 100 CE. By 400 CE, Buddhism had spread across China.

The Han dynasty united China for some 400 years. However, following the dynastic cycle, problems appeared over time. Weak emperors and crushing taxes caused peasant revolts. Powerful warlords looked to expand their land. The empire became weakened as a result of invasions and civil war.

Answer 2

HAN DYNASTY WAS THE LONGEST REIGNING IMPERIAL DYNASTY OF CHINA

FIRST KNOWN PAPER-MAKING PROCESS WAS INVENTED BY CAI LUN OF HAN DYNASTY

THE FAMOUS SILK ROAD WAS ESTABLISHED DURING THEIR REIGN

Summed up the Han made scientific advancements such as the invention of paper, use of water clocks and sundials to measure time, and development of a seismograph