“Qin, beginning with an insignificant amount of territory, reached the power of a great state and for a hundred years made all the other great lords pay homage to it. Yet a single commoner opposed it and its ancestral temples toppled, its ruler died by the hands of men, and it became the laughingstock [joke] of the world. Why? Because it failed to rule with humanity and righteousness [morally].” -from Jia Yi, on the Han Dynasty, quoted in BRIDGING WORLD HISTORY

What statement about government would Jia Yi most likely support?

Group of answer choices
A)The Han used social rank to support ruling more than the Qin did.
B)The Qin were more concerned with military might, while the Han were more focused on developing art.
C)The Han deserved to rule because they were more concerned about the common people than the Qin.
D)The Qin failed to build a long lasting military state unlike the Han.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

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on this day in 1913, henry ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. his innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes.