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History lesson3
China's Great Dynasties
Question | Answer |
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grand canal | connected the Huand and Chang rivers |
Wu Hou | Empress of China during the Tang Dynasty |
Guangzhou | a major port city in southeastern China; also known as Canton |
porcelain | a type of ceramic material that is hard and white |
Genghis Khan | Mongol conqueror of China, and parts of Asia and Europe |
Kublai Khan | Grandson of Genghis Khan, founder of China's Yuan dynasty |
Beijing | the capital of the People's Republic of China; first becameChina's capital during the reign of Kublai Khan in the 1200's |
silk road | an anchient network of overload trade routes that streched from China to what is now Iran |
Marco Polo | an Italian that made his way to China by the Silk Road |
Zheng He | Chinese explorer and diplomat |
Forbidden City | a walled area in Beijing built 1417-1420, during the Ming dynasty, that contained the palaces of the emporers |