Fall+of+Han

Debt tax- government officials take land when people are in debt then keep it for themselves Partibal inheritance- when father dies he gives a portion of land to every son he has > Yellow Turbans
 * Eunuchs**- advsor to emperor/ guards
 * castrated ( no testocerone, won't be ambitious)
 * Eunuchs abusing power from 88-168 AD ( young emperors, ruled through them)
 * Economy**
 * Taxes rise
 * Wars, draining money
 * Have to pay xiongnu money
 * 143 AD asked landowners to pay their payments a year in advance (need money for govt)
 * people getting very large portions of land
 * Disasters**
 * two outbreaks of the plague
 * locusts (eat all crops--> food shortage)
 * losing wars
 * (religious/daoist) group of people that come close to taking Louyang (capital) (184)
 * Han Undi- emperor at this time, gave a lot of power to military --> military becoming more and more powerful
 * Generals (under Han Undi) went to palace and killed all eunuchs

Last Ruler- Cao Cao (196-220 AD) > > Cao Cao is the last ruler that keeps China unified > > > --LIZA
 * was a general
 * 25/26 years ruling
 * Cao Cao was not emperor, he was a general but he was as close to an emperor they had at the time
 * civil war in 205, Cao Cao dies in 220

- > 88-168 AD (Young Emperors) Contest between Eunuchs vs. Generals Generals Win - China broke apart into 3 Kingdoms
 * - Eunuchs {castrated person} like 1000s ~ controlled and stayed in power with the passing emperors
 * Economy
 * Tax. Rev. - seizes land and keeps it- and raises armies
 * Partible Inheritance - inequality of land/ so they sell it
 * Barbarian Attack
 * Locusts [locusts eat everything, which meant failing crops, which also meant starvation]
 * Yellow Turbans - Led by Zhang Jiao - Asian Jesus - tried to get people to follow them (violent) [The yellow turbans was a spiritual movement that promised an alternative to the failing Han government] 184 AD
 * Last Person to run: Cao Cao - for 24/25 years s a dictatorlds China together for a few more years