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37 Cards in this Set
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Oracle Bones |
Inscriptions c. 1200 BC onwards - earliest sign of writing |
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Lady Hao |
Shang dynasty wife, unusual role of military general and high priestess |
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Sanxingdui |
Archaeological site and previous bronze age culture |
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Analects |
Collection of philosophical ideas + sayings attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries.Believed to be written by followers |
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Mandate of Heaven (Tiānmìng) |
Granted the emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well & fairly |
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Qin Shihuang |
First emperor of Qin dynasty - conquered all warring states and united China in 221 BC Unified currency etc Terra Cotta Warriors - protect afterlife |
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Emperor Han Wudi |
Ruled over 50 years Vast territorial exp Dev of strong centralised state Prom of Confucian doctrines |
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The imperial academy |
Highest institution of learning in China's traditional education system |
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Silk road |
Begun during Han dynasty Primarily trade route (w West) but also facilitated spread of culture |
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Mawangdui |
Archaeological site located in Changsha China Contained tombs of 3 ppl from Western Han dynasty |
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Sima Qian |
Chinese historian of Han dynasty Considered the father of Chinese historiography for Records of the Grand Historian Castrated |
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Thunder-Sound Cave |
early 7th c. Buddhist library 4 pillars of Cave bear 1000 buddhas |
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Dunhuang Caves |
Important monastic centre along Silk Road |
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Xuanzang |
Chinese Buddhist Monk, scholar, traveller + translator who described interaction between China and India in early Tang
17 year journey |
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Wu Zetian |
Zhou dynasty emperor Only empress in 4 millenia State support for taoism, buddhism, and literature |
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Li Bo Du fu Bai Juyi |
Famous Tang dynasty poets - golden age of China's literature Took classical Chinese poetry to its peak |
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Jingdezhen |
Jiangzi province in Ppl's Republic of China - China's porcelain capital |
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Four great inventions |
Printing press, papermaking, gunpowder, compass |
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Literati |
Civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from after the Han dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912 |
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Li Qingzhao |
Chinese poet of the Song dynasty China's most famous poet |
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Zhu Xi |
Song dynasty Confucian scholar who was the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist of Neo-Confucian China Assigned special significance to analects |
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Neo-confucianism |
Attempt to create a more rationalist and secular form of Confucianism by rejecting superstitious/ mystical elements of taoism and buddhism that had influenced Confucianism during and after the Han dynasty |
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Chinggis Khan |
Founder of Mongol Empire, reigned in early 13th Century |
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Kublai Khan |
Founded Yuan dynasty in 1721, division of Mongol Empire |
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Marco Polo |
First Euro explorer to leave a detailed chronicle of his travels |
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Matteo Ricci |
Italian jesuit priest and founding figure of Jesuit China missions |
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Zheng He |
Commanded Voyages to Asia, Middle East and Africa |
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Formosa |
Taiwan |
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Songstan Gampo |
Founder of Tibetan Empire, credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet |
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Dalai Lama |
Monk of the Tibetan school of Buddhism, 14th Dalai Lama Nobel Peace Prize 1989 |
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Manchus |
None Chinese people who invaded in 17th Century, establishing the Qing dynasty, China's last. |
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Qianlong Emperor |
Manchurian, Fourth Qing Emperor, Abdicated in favour of Son so as not to rule longer than grandfather |
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Opium War |
Mid 19th C. Fought between China and Britain over conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations and trade. Treaty of Nanking - first of unequal treaties. Ceded HongKong |
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New Youth |
Influential early 20th C Chinese magazine that played an important role in initiating the new culture movement and spreading the influence of the May 4th Movement |
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May Fourth Movement |
Anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting govt's weak response to treaty of Versailles |
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Sun Yat Sen |
Founding father of republic of China, christian, pivotal role in bringing down Qing |
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Mao Zedong |
Communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China |
