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Ancient China Vocab.
Ancient China Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Oracle | A prediction by a wise person, or a person who makes a prediction. |
Lords | People of high ranks who own land but owe loyalty to their king. |
Peasants | Farmers with small farms. |
Confucianism | A philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government. |
Daoism | A philosophy that developed in China and stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with Dao, the guiding force of all reality. |
Laozi | Chinese philosopher, he was the most famous Daoist teacher, Laos is credited with writing "The Way and Its Power." |
Legalism | The Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled. |
Silk Road | A network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea. |
Diffusion | The spread of ideas from one culture to another. |
Shi Huangdi | Ruler of China, he united China for the first time. He built roads and canals and began the Great Wall of China. She Huangdi also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and a writing system of China. |