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Oracle Bones
an animal bone or turtle shell used by the Shang Kings of China to communicate with and influence the Gods.
Pictograph
a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea.
Dynastic Cycle
the pattern of the rise and fall of Dynastics.
Mandate of Heaven
an Ancient Chinese belief that a good ruler had the Gods' approval.
Philosophy
an investigation of basic truths about the universe, based on logical reasonings.
Legalism
the belief that a ruler should use the legal system to force people tho obey laws.
Three major belief systems came out of China:
Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism.
Confucianism
a philisophy based on the teachings of confuciansism as recorded in the collection called the Analects.
Filial Piety
respect for ones parents and ancestors.
Daoism
a belief system said to have begun with the sixth century.
Qin
a state of Ancient China.
Shi Huangai
a chinese ruler who came to power in 221 b.c.
Han Dynasty
a chinese dynasty b egun in 202 b.c.
Bureaucracy
a system of organized government departments staffed by appointment officials.
Silk Roads
the overlands trade routes along which silk and other chinese goods passed to Mesopotamia and Europe.
Trans Eurasian
involving the continets of Europe and Asia.
Cultural Discussion
the spread of ethinic ideas and customs to other area of the world.
What are China's two seas and 1 ocean bordering it?
Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean