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Acient China Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oracle | A prediction by a wise person or a person who makes a prediction |
| Lords | A person of high Rome who owned land but owed loyalty of his king |
| Peasants | Farmer with a small farm |
| Confucianism | A philosophy based on the ideas Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony and government |
| Daoism | A philosophy that developed and stressed the belief the one should live in harmony with the Dao the guiding force of all reality |
| Laozi | Chinese philosopher he was the most famous Daoist teacher Laozi is credited with the writing |
| Legalism | 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. Imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights and writing system. |