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Ch. 4
Term | Definition |
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Confucius | “China’s most influential scholar was ” |
bureaucracy | “a trained civil service, or those who run the government |
Daoism | The philosophy of Laozi |
Yin and yang | “two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life.” |
Legalism | “belief that government should use the law to end civil disorder and restore harmony” |
Qin Dynasty | “replaced the Zhou Dynasty.” |
Hyksos | Asiatic invaders |
New Kingdom | “about 1570–1075 b.c.” |
Hatshepsut | A female ruler of the New Kingdom |
Nubia | “region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River” |
Piankhi | Kushite king |
Meroë | A place near the Red Sea |
Assyria | An advanced military |
Sennacherib | Assyrian kings |
Nineveh | Assyria’s capital |
Ashurbanipal | Was a king with a big library |
Medes | A army |
Nebuchadnezzar | A Chaldean king |
Cyrus | Persia’s king |
Cambyses | Cyrus son |
Darius | A noble of the ruling dynasty |
Royal Road | “ran from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia” |
satrap | A governor |
Zoroaster | Persian prophet |