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dynasty |
A line of rulers who belong to the same family. |
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emperor |
The supreme ruler of an empire. |
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erosion |
The gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers, or water.
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famine |
A widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation.
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levee |
A wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding.
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Mandate of Heaven |
The belief that the Chinese emperor's right to rule came from the gods.
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province |
A division of land within an empire or country.
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seismograph |
A scientific instrument that could detect earthquakes hundreds of miles away, invented during the Han dynasty.
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steppe |
A dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe.
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topic sentence |
A sentence that contains the main idea of a paragraph, often the first sentence in that paragraph. |
