Term | Definition |
Human Sacrafice | A person who is killed as part of a religious ritual. |
Clan | A large group of friends or family. |
Ancestor Worhip | Honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead. |
Logograph | A written character that represents a word. |
Economy | A system of managing the wealth of a country or region. |
Mandate of Heaven | A power or law to be granted by God. |
Feudalism | A system of government based on landowners and tenants. |
Civil Servant | A person who works for a government. |
Yin | One half of Taoist concept of opposing forces of nature; Shaded |
Yang | One half of Taoist concept of opposing forces of nature; Sunlit |
Standardize | To make the same. |
Exiled | To live away from one's native country. |
Immortal | Able to live forever. |
Calligraphy | The art of fine handwriting. |
Anesthetic | Something that takes away the feeling of pain. |
Compass | An instrument for determining direction. |
Seismograph | An instrument for detecting earthquake |
Lodestone | A type of iron ore; used to make compasses, since it aligns itself in a North-South direction from the Earth's magnetism. |
Toga | A loose robe worn by men in Rome. |
Mirage | An image of something that isn't really there; happens in the desert. |
Caravan | A group of people traveling together. |