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HUMANITIES

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ZITHER   A 5 OR 7 STRING INSTRUMENT POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY & USUALLY PLUCKED WITH A PLECTRUM & THE FINGERTIPS; THE FAVORITE INSTUMENT  
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ZHOU DYNASTY   (711-256 BCE) KNOWN CHOPSTICKS, CAST IRON, SQUARE-HOLED COINS, & FINELY LACQUERED OBJECTS  
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LI   ORIGINALLY, THE PROPER PERFORMANCE RITUAL, BUT EVENTUALLY ALSO THE NATURAL & MORAL ORDER, THUS, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE (MEANING PROPIERTY, RITUAL, OR ARRANGEMENT)  
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CONFUCIUS   SELF EDUCATED, BECAME A TEACHER, WROTE NOTHING, HIS DICILPES WROTE HIS TEACHINGS CALLED ANALECTS  
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ANALECTS (ONE EXAMPLE)   DICIPLES OF CONFUCIUS WROTE DOWN HIS TEACHINGS, HIS CONFESSIONS ABOUT MUSIC, MARRIAGE, DEATH, ECT "GOLDEN RULE" "TO STUDY WITHOUT THINKING IS FUTILE. TO THINK WITHOUT STUDYING IS DANGEROUS."  
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MENCIUS   CHINA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT VOICE AFTER CONFUCIUS; BELIEF HUMANS ARE BORN GOOD & FALL BAD DUE TO NEGLECT & ABUSE  
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LEGALISM   START WITH BAD; SPOILED BY LOVE AND BECOME SUBMISSIVE TO AUTHORITY  
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THE "ART OF WAR"   THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREATISE ON MILITARY STRAGEY; DEALS WITH TATICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COMBAT  
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TERRA COTTA   A CLAY MEDIUM THAT MAY BE GLAZED OR PAINTED; ALSO CALLED EARTHWARE  
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HAN DYNASTY   (221 BCE-220 CE) REPRESENTED THE HIGH POINT & THE CLASSICAL PHASE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION; INTELLECTUAL & CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS  
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EXAMPLES OF HOW HAN DYNASTY IS SIMILAR TO ROMAN EMPIRE   HAS WAS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF ROME IN POWER & PRESTIGE LIKE THE ROMAN EMIPRE, HAN FELL VICTIM TO INTERNAL & EXTERNAL PRESSURES IT COULD NOT WITHSTAND  
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FENG SHUI   THE PRACTICE OF ARRANGING THE PHYSICAL ENVIROMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 5 ELEMENTS; THE BALANCE OF NATURE (YIN/YANG) & UNIVERSAL ENERGY  
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OFFICE OF MUSIC   IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING CHINA'S FOLK MUSIC; CONTINUED OPERATING UNTIL 1914  
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QIN DYNASTY   (221-206 BCE) FIRST EMPEROR, SHI HUANG DI, SET TO ELIMINATE FURTHER CONFLICT; GREAT WALL WAS BUILT 214 BCE; TRADE STARTED  
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