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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |