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vocab ch 3 section 4
china
| definition | word |
|---|---|
| dynastic cycle | the rise and fall or the dynasties |
| Feudalism | a system in goverment in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other forms of of support to their ruler |
| confucius and laozi | put forward ideas on how to restore socail orderand maintain harmony with nature |
| philosophy | or a system of ideas that was concerned with worldly goals especially those of ensureing social order and goood goverment |
| filisl piety | or respect for parents, above all other duties |
| oracle bones | some of the oldest examples of written chinese |
| characters | or written symbols |
| calligraphy | writing into an elegant form of art |