The Warring States Period - Revision history

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Effects on Government

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−	The invention of the crossbow during this period would have an even greater effect. The crossbow allowed simple farmers to become effective soldiers with very little training. The crossbow enabled soldiers to shoot further and more accurate than ever before. This addition was very successful and militaries saw their numbers swell to the hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions. The ability to mass large numbers of soldiers was a great advantage in warfare and kingdoms sought ~~out was~~ to grow their populations and attract others.	+	The invention of the crossbow during this period would have an even greater effect. The crossbow allowed simple farmers to become effective soldiers with very little training. The crossbow enabled soldiers to shoot further and more accurate than ever before. This addition was very successful and militaries saw their numbers swell to the hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions. The ability to mass large numbers of soldiers was a great advantage in warfare and kingdoms sought to grow their populations and attract others.

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 '''China Prior to Warring States Period'''
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 '''China Just Prior to Unification Under Qin Dynasty'''
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 Besides the effect on Chinese warfare, the move towards cavalries had a great social effect. Chariots were manned buy powerful prestigious aristocracies. And though the chariot never went completely out of style, the addition of cavalry units and massed infantry greatly diminished the chariot aristocracies power both in the military and politically.
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 =Effects on Government=

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 The Warring states had amassed large militaries consisting of mass infantry, chariots and cavalry. Complex logistical systems needed to be developed and maintained by efficient government bureaucracies in order to train, supply and control theses massive units. In order to maintain control over these armies and their lands, rulers were forced to change the way they governed. Rulers would rely more and more on their own officials from the central government and send them out to govern peripheral territories. This new style of governance strengthened the power of the central government while Lessing the influence of hereditary lesser lords throughout the kingdom. It also allowed for more upward movement among lesser aristocracy members.
 Kings could choose advisors from a large, competitive pool of qualified men. The competition among the states also insured that these talented men could be more discerning with whom they chose to advise.
-As lesser states were concerned during this period, their nobles would be forced to seek new employment. These educated men would be quickly lured to work as advisors for neighboring kingdoms. These men would make plans and proposals and present them to the king on a variety of issues. These proposals would be debated, which lead to great advancements in the art of oratory skills, logic, strategy and science. Because of this, this period in time is also referred to as the One Hundred Schools of Thought. The Warring States Period would produce some of China’s most popular and revered scholars.
 =Ideologies in the Warring States Period/ One Hundred Schools of Thought =

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 Besides the effect on Chinese warfare, the move towards cavalries had a great social effect. Chariots were manned buy powerful prestigious aristocracies. And though the chariot never went completely out of style, the addition of cavalry units and massed infantry greatly diminished the chariot aristocracies power both in the military and politically.
 The invention of the crossbow during this period would have an even greater effect. The crossbow allowed simple farmers to become effective soldiers with very little training. The crossbow enabled soldiers to shoot further and more accurate than ever before. This addition was very successful and militaries saw their numbers swell to the hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions. The ability to mass large numbers of soldiers was a great advantage in warfare and kingdoms sought out was to grow their populations and attract others.
 During this time period kingdoms invested in irrigation and agriculture in order to increase their populations. Different kingdoms also sought to attract peasants away from their rival kingdoms by offering immigrants land and by granting populations certain rights. During this time period there was a gradual decline in serfdom eventually ending all serfdom under the Qin Dynasty.
 Rulers started to look on trade more favorably as a way to gain economic advantages. They began to cast coins to take the place of larger bolts of silk. Economies were able to greatly expand thanks to Iron. Iron was used greatly in weapons and farming. By the end of the Warring States Period there were great smelting projects that employed up to 200 workers.
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 The northern Chinese state of Jin had to wage war against non-Chinese tribes in the north. These tribes had mastered the art of cavalry warfare. Jin needed to combat this new threat and began to develop their own cavalries. Jin was the first Chinese kingdom to adopt cavalry techniques. Soon other kingdoms would adopt this newer, cheaper (than chariot warfare) and more effective strategy. After seeing the benefits that a cavalry can bring on the battlefield, kingdoms began to fight over pasturing lands and horses to build up their militaries.
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 Rulers started to look on trade more favorably as a way to gain economic advantages. They began to cast coins to take the place of larger bolts of silk. Economies were able to greatly expand thanks to Iron. Iron was used greatly in weapons and farming. By the end of the Warring States Period there were great smelting projects that employed up to 200 workers.
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 Example of a Chinese War Chariot from the Terracotta Army
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 Besides the effect on Chinese warfare, the move towards cavalries had a great social effect. Chariots were manned buy powerful prestigious aristocracies. And though the chariot never went completely out of style, the addition of cavalry units and massed infantry greatly diminished the chariot aristocracies power both in the military and politically.

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	The northern Chinese state of Jin had to wage war against non-Chinese tribes in the north. These tribes had mastered the art of cavalry warfare. Jin needed to combat this new threat and began to develop their own cavalries. Jin was the first Chinese kingdom to adopt cavalry techniques. Soon other kingdoms would adopt this newer, cheaper (than chariot warfare) and more effective strategy. After seeing the benefits that a cavalry can bring on the battlefield, kingdoms began to fight over pasturing lands and horses to build up their militaries.		The northern Chinese state of Jin had to wage war against non-Chinese tribes in the north. These tribes had mastered the art of cavalry warfare. Jin needed to combat this new threat and began to develop their own cavalries. Jin was the first Chinese kingdom to adopt cavalry techniques. Soon other kingdoms would adopt this newer, cheaper (than chariot warfare) and more effective strategy. After seeing the benefits that a cavalry can bring on the battlefield, kingdoms began to fight over pasturing lands and horses to build up their militaries.
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		+	Example of a Chinese War Chariot from the Terracotta Army

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	*Sun Tzu. The Art of War. Edited and Translated by John Minford. Penguin Group, New York, NY. 2003.		*Sun Tzu. The Art of War. Edited and Translated by John Minford. Penguin Group, New York, NY. 2003.
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		+	*http://www.garyleetodd.com/chinese-museums-online/shaanxi-provincial-museum-xian/

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	Rulers started to look on trade more favorably as a way to gain economic advantages. They began to cast coins to take the place of larger bolts of silk. Economies were able to greatly expand thanks to Iron. Iron was used greatly in weapons and farming. By the end of the Warring States Period there were great smelting projects that employed up to 200 workers.		Rulers started to look on trade more favorably as a way to gain economic advantages. They began to cast coins to take the place of larger bolts of silk. Economies were able to greatly expand thanks to Iron. Iron was used greatly in weapons and farming. By the end of the Warring States Period there were great smelting projects that employed up to 200 workers.
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	[[File:Iron_sword_and_two_bronze_swords,_Warring_States_Period.jpeg]]		[[File:Iron_sword_and_two_bronze_swords,_Warring_States_Period.jpeg]]