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11 Cards in this Set
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What is SEEBAGG?
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The institutions of culture. Social structure, Education, Economy, Beliefs, Artistic expression, Geography and Government.
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What is a dynasty?
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An empire ruled by a family. Passed from parent to child, usually father to son.
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What is the Dynastic cycle? Why do dynasties rise and fall?
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The dynastic cycle is: A new dynasty is formed --> a new philosophy is chosen--> infrastructure is built--> taxes are collected--> the government begins to become corrupted--> infrastructure declines --> Peasant rebellion--> defenses weakened, dynasties overthrown, then whole thing starts over. Dynasties rise and fall because one dynasty takes over a corrupted one, but then gets corrupted itself.
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Shang Social Structure, Economy, art and government
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Aristocracy (family based), Agriculture and a little trade, bronzes and calligraphy, and bureaucracy with a king
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What is animism?
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The belief that everything in nature had a spirit. Believed in the Shang.
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Who is ti?
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The most important Shang god, provided abundant harvests or victories in battle. Influenced through kings ancestors.
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What are oracle bones?
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Diviners wrote on turtle shells or cow bones and heated them, and then used the cracks to interpret messages.
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What is silk?
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In the Shang, skilled artisans learned how to raise silk worms and use their cocoons to spin thread and weave cloth, called silk.
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What was the rise and fall of the Shang?
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Rise; tribal people, took over much of china. Fall: attacked by nomads from North and West
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What was the rise and fall of the Shang?
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Rise; tribal people, took over much of china. Fall: attacked by nomads from North and West
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What was the rise and fall of the Zhou?
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Rise: Allied w/ other nomadic groups to take over Shang
Fall: Feudal lords had too much power, and they rebelled |
