Answer the follow essays:

1. How did funerary change in China from the Neolithic through the Han dynasty? What do the changes in the contents ans structure of tombs tell you about chnages in social structures, religious beliefs, and cultural values?

2. How was Qin able to create a unified empire in 221BCE, and why did this empire fall apart s quickly ?Support your examples from the sources we read on the rise and fall of Qin dynasty.

3. How did family structures and kinship practices affect the life of women in the Qin and Han dynasties? To what extent could women exert their power?

4. Who were the xiongnu and how did their presence influence the politics of the Han state, and how did nomadic socities continue to influence north China after the fall of Han.