Negative Effects Of The Qin Dynasty

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Some positive reforms of the Qin Dynasty include the newly adopted bureaucratic system, which allowed non-hereditary to control. Throughout this dynasty, and to the end, its imperial system was continued in the next dynasty, though with some new measures and doctrines. Also, the great wall was built to protect its borders against barbarians, which, though had required large supplies of manpower and supplies that had caused the workers to be treated in repressive manners. In a matter of negative aspects, I believe that centralization was controlled inefficiently. For the dynasty of the Qin had standardized much of the legal procedures, such as writing, thought, and scholarship. Though to support such acquisition, those who did not follow such reformations were to be killed and their teachings, such as the Confucianists. The demanding unequal treatment of the laborers, and the inability to promote free-thinking had lead to civil wars and revolts which eventually had led to this dynasties' downfall.

The Han Dynasty, though had adopted some principles of the Qin, they had made them more humane. Also, unlike that of the Qin, they actually accepted …show more content…

The higher tiers such as the Shogun, Domingos, and the Samurai held a sufficient amount of power, and it would be devastating to question their power. In the lower class, the farmers were respected for their contributions, next, the artisans for their goods, then, the merchants were of the lowest due to insignificance. The merchants, though, were able to gain fortunes, so their importance in the tiers blurred depending on such. Some social mixes were allowed despite the rules, and even with the classes outside of the tier system, including the slaves. So, to recapitulate, the upper classes were so powerful, it instituted fear in the lower, which had led them to respect and conform to the principles set forth before

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