Social Structures
Emperor:
A Chinese emperor is the ruler of China. The emperor has ultimate power over anyone else in the country, the emperors were extremely powerful over the other citizens. The emperors were also the rulers of their own country.
Civil Servants:
The civil servant class was the most important class, which meant for the civil servants that they were the most popular. There were no female civil servants they were all men. They had to pass exams Civil servants played a popular rule which led to everyone in the Chinese civilisation wanting to be one but devastatingly couldn’t become a civil servant.
Peasants:
The peasant class was the second most respected social class’ during the Han dynasty. Peasants housed chickens and pigs. They also grew grape vines, alfalfa seeds, rice, millet and wheat. They used donkeys to carry the heavy loads. Agriculture was one of the most important things in the peasants life.
Artisans:
The Artisans made porcelain objects such as bowls and silk cloth. china is most famous for the silk that they have. Silk is an item of clothing but it can also be written and painted on. The artisans also used to export silk to all of the neighbour empires (Rome, Europe)
Merchants:
The Merchants class was the least respected social classes during the Han dynasty. A Merchant was very much like a sales person. Merchants would buy and then sell them to make profit. Although merchants were the lowest class it also led to them not being able do things other social classes could do such as buying land merchants were not allowed to buy land.
The Role of Women:
Women did have an important role in the Han dynasty. Women had to obey their fathers, husbands and sons instructions. Some of the women under the rule of the Han dynasty worked on farms unlike some men. The main role for a women was to work in their household doing cleaning. Most women would weave clothes for their families and if their families didn’t need them they would sell the clothes at their local markets.
A Chinese emperor is the ruler of China. The emperor has ultimate power over anyone else in the country, the emperors were extremely powerful over the other citizens. The emperors were also the rulers of their own country.
Civil Servants:
The civil servant class was the most important class, which meant for the civil servants that they were the most popular. There were no female civil servants they were all men. They had to pass exams Civil servants played a popular rule which led to everyone in the Chinese civilisation wanting to be one but devastatingly couldn’t become a civil servant.
Peasants:
The peasant class was the second most respected social class’ during the Han dynasty. Peasants housed chickens and pigs. They also grew grape vines, alfalfa seeds, rice, millet and wheat. They used donkeys to carry the heavy loads. Agriculture was one of the most important things in the peasants life.
Artisans:
The Artisans made porcelain objects such as bowls and silk cloth. china is most famous for the silk that they have. Silk is an item of clothing but it can also be written and painted on. The artisans also used to export silk to all of the neighbour empires (Rome, Europe)
Merchants:
The Merchants class was the least respected social classes during the Han dynasty. A Merchant was very much like a sales person. Merchants would buy and then sell them to make profit. Although merchants were the lowest class it also led to them not being able do things other social classes could do such as buying land merchants were not allowed to buy land.
The Role of Women:
Women did have an important role in the Han dynasty. Women had to obey their fathers, husbands and sons instructions. Some of the women under the rule of the Han dynasty worked on farms unlike some men. The main role for a women was to work in their household doing cleaning. Most women would weave clothes for their families and if their families didn’t need them they would sell the clothes at their local markets.