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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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