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china
| mandate | |
|---|---|
| mandate | right for dynasty to rule declare by heaven used by zhou kings to justify me |
| daoism | chinese way of life emphasizes living simple/natural existence in harmony w/nature |
| legalism | school of thought strong leader/strong legal system needed to create social order |
| silk road | network of trade routes that crossed asia connected china to central /southwest asia |
| working for han dynasty government | had to pass a difficult test based on the ideas of confucianism |
| civil service | system of government employees selected for their skills/knowledge |
| loess | fine dust like material made yellow river yellow and fertile |
| confucianism | philosophy=teachings of confucius promoted orderly society based on good behavior respect in society |
| oracle bones | source of earliest writing chinese records used by shang kings to tell the future |
| philosophy | beliefs about the world and how to live |
| confucianism vs daoism | confucianism= moral values education an social responsibility daoism=harmony with nature flow of universe |
| han ruled differently | han knew qin lost power b/c of cruel legalist policies |
| great wall purpose | repel and defend from northern invaders |
| china's river | the huang river |
| keep mandate of heaven | kept by ruling virtuously kindley just fair and by serving the interesting of the people |
| late zhou dynasty | warring states period an time of total chaos and brutal conflict |
| shang vs zhou dynasties | shand /zhou used bronze for arts zhou used iron for weopons not bronze shang used orcle bones to predict future both prayer to ancestorse zhou creating mandate of heaven |