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14 Cards in this Set
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Loess |
yellow-brown soil |
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Dike |
a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
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extended family |
closely related people of several generations |
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Confucius |
Chinese philosopher and teacher whose beliefs had a great influence on Chinese Life |
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philosophy |
a system of beliefs and values |
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civil service |
the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government |
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She Huangdi |
founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first Emperor |
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currency |
the type of monkey used by a group of the Han dynasty |
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Liu Bang |
the founder of the Han dynasty |
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Wudi |
Chinese empower who brought the Han dynasty to its greatest strength |
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warlord |
a local leader of an armed grou |
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Silk Road |
an ancient trade route between China and Europe |
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silk |
a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms |
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Sima Qian |
a Chinese scholar, astronomer, and historian; author of the most important history of ancient China, Historical Records |
