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Many important thinkers lived when Zhou kings like the one shown here ruled. Of these thinkers, the Chinese scholar Confucius was especially influential. He stressed the importance of education to society.China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, is credited with beginning to build the Great Wall of China. The Qin dynasty unified the country with laws that standardized currency, writing, and measuring.
Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty. Han emperors set up a system of staffing government jobs by competitive exams. It lasted until modern times. Today, China’s largest ethnic group still calls itself “Han.”Genghis Khan, shown here, founded the Mongol empire. His grandson, Kublai Khan, completed the conquest of China. He became the first emperor in a new Yuan dynasty. Under Mongol rule trade along the Silk Road revived.The Ming forced the Mongols out and began a new dynasty. They built the Forbidden City, the palace shown here, in Beijing.
Of the dynasties shown here, which do you think contributed the most to Chinese society?
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