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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 / 11:17 PM History

CHAPTER 9: INTERNAL THREATS
Page 155- Recap questions

Q1: What were the internal threats that ancient Chinese faced?
ANS: How was Mandate of Heaven used by rebels to explain their actions?
A official from the Han dynasty seized the throne & declared himself Empror. When he implemented many unpopular new laws and rules, the support from his people decreased. Soon after, there were a chain of natural diasters which gave people the sign that he was losing his Mandate of heaven. In 23 CE, after 12 years from attaining the post as emperor, there was a group of starving and angry farmers who called themselves the Red Eyebrows, invaded Wang Mang's palace and killed him.
picture of him (from wikipedia.org)



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