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Ancient China

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oracle bones an ancient script carved on toatite shells or animal bones.
Confucianism a philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius facuson morality order social harmony and government .
Confucius philosophers and most in influential teacher in Chinese history.
daoism a philosophy that stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the Dao
legalism the Chinese belief people are bad nature and needed to be controlled.
Shi Huangdi first emperor of china , united china began the construction of the Great wall
acupuncture a procedure that involves pricking skin or tissues with needles to take away pain .
slikroad 4000 mile long trade route that stretched from china to the Mediterranean sea.
seismograph measures earthquakes
emperors a ruler of great power and rank.
mandate from heaven blessing that a ruler is allowed to rule .
Great wall 5,500 mile wall that was built by Shi Huangdi to protect them from the mongolian invaders
Enics moral values
Diffusion/ Buddhism spread through china when scholars translated budist text into Chinese
Xia dynasty 220- 1700 BC lasted nearly 500 yrs around 17 empires end of primitive society and the beginning of the dynasty little was recorded .
Shang dynasty 1800 -1040 BC archaeologists found impressive buildings and city structures royal tombs similar to Egypt and Mesopotamia first recorded history oracle bones us rulers to communicate with spirits / gods
what physical barriers are found in North China Taklimakan desert
East china Himalayan mts
west china Gobi desert
what were Ancient china's 2 great rivers Huang and the Chang river
what river did the first civilization form by Huang river
whose tomb were the Terra cotta soldiers guarding the first emperor / Shi Huangdi
what is confusion ism the teachings of the thinker confusious
what are the 5 relationships of Confucius 1 ruler/relationship 2 father/son 3 husband / wife 4 older and younger brothers 5 two friends
what does Dao mean the way or the path
what is leagalism a strong leader and a strong leagal system
leagalists felt that the society needed what to keep people in line strict laws
what was the warring state period brutal and destructive battles
Shi Huangdi means what The first emperor
who became the emperor of Han dynasty Lui Bang
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