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earliest known Chinese dynasty |
Shang |
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Chinese dynasty established along the Yellow River |
Shang |
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Where does most of the Shang dynasty culture come from |
writing inscribed on pieces of animal bones and tortoise shells |
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what dynasty overthrew the Shang ruler |
Zhou Dynasty |
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longest Chinese dynasty |
Zhou |
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"classical" or "formative" Chinese dynasty |
Zhou |
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what Chinese dynasty's gov't was decentralized |
Zhou |
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why did Zhou dynasty end? |
rulers couldn't control the nobles, fighting broke out among rival states |
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what was the first Chinese dynasty to unite provinces under China? |
Qin |
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what Chinese dynasty had a centralized gov't? |
Qin |
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what things did Qin Shi Huang standardize? |
weight, measurement, coinage systems |
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most famous Han ruler |
Wu Ti |
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what dynasty established the Pax Sinica? |
Han |
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what dynasty had trade routes that opened to the West? |
Han |
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what dynasty marked the entrance of Buddhism into China |
Han |
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what dynasty became a golden age in Chinese history? |
Tang |
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what dynasty is one of the finest periods of Chinese poetry? |
Tang |
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how long did the glory of Tang dynasty last? |
3 centuries |
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what's the first foreign dynasty to rule all of China? |
Yuan |
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under what ruler was the Chinese capital moved to Cambaluc? |
Kublai Khan |
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during what dynasty was the Chinese capital moved to Cambulac? |
Yuan |
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who is "the tiger"? |
Babur |
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who was the leader of the Turkish-Mongol tribes in what today is Afghanistan? |
Babur |
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most successful Mughal ruler |
Akbar |
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what Mughal Empire ruler expanded the empire to include all of northern and central India? |
Akbar |
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what Mughal Empire ruler reformed Indian gov't? |
Akbar |
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most famous Mauryan ruler |
Asoka |
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who built thousands of stupas in India |
Asoka |
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during what empire did Indian trade prosper and culture spread |
Gupta |
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one of the finest periods of Indian art, architecture, literature, and science |
Gupta Empire |
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what empire did Kalidasa live in? |
Gupta |
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in what empire in India advance in math, science and medicine? |
Gupta |
