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42 Cards in this Set
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Order Dynasties in order of time periods:
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Xia - Neolithic
Shang- Bronze Age Zhou, Qin, Han - Iron Age |
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Shang: achievements:
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oracle bones
bronze bells silk |
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Zhou: Philosophy
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Confucianism/Daoism
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Zhou: Achievements:
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Writing
Iron |
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Qin: Leader?
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Shi Huangdi
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Qin: Philosophy
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Legalism
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Qin: Achievements
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standardized money, measures, writing
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Han: Leaders:
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Liu Bang
Empress Lu Wudi |
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Han: Achievements:
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wheelbarrow,
watermill, block printing, paper, collar harness, double plow, mined salt, expanded silk road |
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fertile soil blown from deserts to west
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loess
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animal bones and tortoise shells in which priests had scratched questions for the gods
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oracle bones
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a ruler's divine approval
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Mandate of Heaven
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pattern of rise, decline, and replacement
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dynastic cycle
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political system in which nobles are granted use of land that legally belongs to the king
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Feudalism
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respect for parents and elders
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filial piety
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a trained, civil service
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bureaucracy
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philosophy of laozi
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daoism/taoism
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philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful gov't is key to social order
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legalism
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a book of oracles to help people lead a happy life by dispensing good advice and simple common sense
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I Ching
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two powers that together represent the natural rhythms of life
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Yin and Yang
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a short-lived dynasty that replaced the Zhou in 3rd Century BC
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Qin
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a government in which the ruler have unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary banner
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autocracy
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ruled for over 400 years in two divisions
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Han Dynast
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a central authority controls the running of the state
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centralized government
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government jobs that civilians obtained by taking exams
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civil service
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occurs when a group has exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods
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monopoly
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process of making conquered people part of chines culture
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assimilation
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Yu
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Leader of Xia
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Confucius
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China's most influential scholar born in 551 BC and led a scholarly life
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Mencius
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spread confucius' ideas
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Laozi
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A Chine thinker who believed only natural order was important. He created Daoism.
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Shi HuangDi
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the "First Emperor" of the Qin dynasty who begun his reign by halting internal battles
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Li Su
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Prime Minister, legalist philosopher
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Xiang Yu
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an aristocratic general who was willing to allow warlords to keep their territories if they would acknowledge him as their feudal lord
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Liu Bang
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Xiang Yu's general won a battle against Xiang Yu, and declared himself first emperor of the Han Dynasty. His first goal was to destroy the rival king's power and departed from legalism. Brought peace and stability
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Empress Lu
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one of the Lui Bang's wives whose friends at court helped her seize power
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Wudi
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Lui Bang's great-grandson who reigned from 141-87 BC. He adopted the policy of expanding the Chinese empire through war.
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Xiongnu
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nomadic people known for their fierceness as arrow-shooting warriors on horseback
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Sima Qian
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a "Great Historian" for his work in compiling a history of China from the ancient dynasties to Wudi
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Ban Biao
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started the project of the book History of the Former Han Dynasty
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Ban Gu/ Ban hao
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worked on the project
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Wang Mang
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A confucian scholar and member of court who decided strong ruler was needed to restore order
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