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Term | Definition |
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Jade | a hard gemstone |
Oracle | a prediction |
Peasants | farmers with small farms |
Ethics | moral values |
confucianism | the ideas of Confucius |
daoism | stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality |
legalism | belief people were bad by nature |
Great Wall | a barrier |
Sundial | the position of shadows cast by the sun tell the time of day |
seismograph | a device that measures the strength of an earthquake |
acupunture | the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points |
silk | a soft, light, highly valued fabric |
Silk Road | 4,000 mile long network of routes |
diffusion | the spread of ideas from one culture to another |
lords | people of high rank |