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ancint china
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Term | Definition |
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Oracle bones | An ancient script carved on tortoise shells or animals |
Ethics | Moral values |
Confucius | Most influential teacher in Chinese history |
Daoism | stressed living in harmony with the Dao , the guiding force of reality |
Legalism | The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controld |
Shi Huangdi | The first ruler of china he began the great wall and stander stolen of laws |
Standardize | to set vules that make things more similar |
Terracotta warriors | collection of terracotta sculputures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang |
Diffusion of Buddhism | Buddhism spread through China when scholars translated buddhs texts through chinese |
Silk road | 4,000 mile-long trade hey work that stretched from China to the Mediterranean sea |
Acupuncture | inserting fine needles into the skin for medical purposes |
Mandate of heaven | the idea that there could only be one legidment ruler of China at a time and that is ruler a the blessing of the god |
Emperor | Imberial title given to leader of ancient china |
Great wall | a wall that protected the Chinese from raids and invation by various onmadick groups |
Calligraphy | style of writing used by the ancient Chinese used around 2,500 characters |
Warlords | military rulers of small states who claim loyaty to the king |
warring states period | a era of chaos where brutal and destructive fighting took place between 475 B.C to 221 B.C |
Ancestor worship | practices of honoring the spirits of the dead |
Filial piety | devotion of children to their parents children were expected to respect and obey there elders |
censorship | controlling free thinking deciding to band ideas that leaders find dangerous or offensive |