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13 Cards in this Set
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Haung He
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Yellow river, stretched arcross China for 2,900 miles, carried rich yellow silt, "River of sorrows"
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Chang Jiang
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Yangtze river, flows 3,400 miles emptying into Yellow Sea
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Xia Dynasty
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First dynasty but little known about it, started by emperor Yu
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Shang Dynasty
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Primarly a farming dynasty ruled by a aristocracy whose major concern was war, agricultural, known for bronze
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Aristocracy
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Upper class whose wealth based on land and whose power is passed from one generation to the next, cared about war
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Anyang
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Capital of Shang Dynasty
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Warlords
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Goverened Shang terrotories, aristocratic military leaders
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Oracle Bones
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Bones that were used as religous symbols for getting answers from gods
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"Ancestor Worship"
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Belief that Life was after death and came the veneration of ancestors
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Zhou Dynasty
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Longest ruling empire (800 years) ruled by Mandate of Heaven
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Mandate of Heaven
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Believe that heaven kept order in the universe through the Zhou king, king was link between heaven and earth
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Dao
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The way the king was expected to rule according to the proper "way", Zhou kings duty to keep gods pleased
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Period of the Warring States
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When civil war broke out in the Zhou dynasty, Qin wins
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