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Ancient China vocab

ANCIENT China vocab

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oracle bones an ancient script carved onto animal bones
ethics moral values
confucianism the ideas of confucius
confucius most influential teacher in Chinese history
daoism stressed living in harmony living with the dao, the guiding force of reality
legalism the belief that people were bad by nature needed to be controlled
shi huangdi the first ruler of china
standardize to set rules to make things more similar
terra cotta warriors collection of terra cotta sculptures depicting the armies of shi huang
diffusion of buddhism buddhism spread through china when scholers translated Buddha's texts into chinese
silk road 4000 mile long trade route that stretched from China to the medatrainnian sea
acupuncture inserting fine needles into the skin for medical purposes
seismograph an instrument that gave limited details about earthquackes
mendate of heaven the idea that there could only be one legitamite ruler of china at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods
emperor imperial title given to the ruler of ancient china
great wall a wall that protected the border from raids and invasion by various nomadic groups
calligraphy style of writing used by the ancient Chinese. used around 2500 characters
warlords milatary rulers of small who claim rolaty to the king
warring states period an era of chaos where brutal and destructive fighting took place between 475 b.c to 211 b.c
ancestor worship practice of honoring the spirits of the dead
censorship controlling free thinking. deciding to ban ideas that leaders find dangerous of offenive.
nomadic people who made a group of people who migrate alot
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