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Ch. 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |