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| 7241874294 | Book of Changes | ancient Chinese book about divination, 64 trigrams shown with various interpretations Why does it matter: shows how the Chinese saw things and what they interpreted them as |  | 0 |
| 7241874295 | Book of Songs | oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, dating from the 11th to 7th centuries Why does it matter: shows how early people wrote music and what language they used |  | 1 |
| 7241874296 | Chu | autonomous state in the central Yangzi region of China during Zhou dynasty Why does it matter: shows beginning of Chinese empire |  | 2 |
| 7241878030 | ideograms | written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or sound Why does it matter: shows Chinese language differs from others |  | 3 |
| 7241878832 | mandate of heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through the mandate, or approval, of heaven contingent on their ability to look after the welfare of the population Why does it matter: shows Chinese belief system and how it was different than everyone else |  | 4 |
| 7241879973 | oracle bones | Chinese Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BCE) means foretelling the future Why does it matter: shows first events of supernatural and what they believed in |  | 5 |
| 7241881040 | period of the warring states | last centuries of the Zhou dynasty (403-221 BCE) when was divided the region until the establishment of the Qin dynasty ended the disunity Why does it matter: shows conflicts in China and how that effect ended the dynasty |  | 6 |
| 7241882128 | pictographs | pictorial symbol for a word or phrase Why does it matter: Chinese language is very different than other languages during that time |  | 7 |
| 7241882133 | Shang dynasty | ruled in the Yellow River Valley, after the Xia dynasty and before the Zhou dynasty Why does it matter: shows us how dynasties grew and changed over time |  | 8 |
| 7241883919 | steppe nomads | large grassy area of land with steppe levels Why does it matter: gives us an idea of what the topography was like in the areas the dynasties were |  | 9 |
| 7241883920 | Tian | Chinese term for heaven Why does it matter: shows language differences between places |  | 10 |
| 7241885705 | veneration of ancestors | revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and deities of people with the same surname organized into shrines Why does it matter: shows us more of the Chinese belief system |  | 11 |
| 7241888411 | Xia dynasty | early Chinese dynasty (2200-1766 BCE) Why does it matter: helps us understand order of dynasty and how each one is different |  | 12 |
| 7241889616 | Yangzi river | river in central China Why does it matter: helps us figure out were some of the dynasties could have been located |  | 13 |
| 7241892006 | Yellow river | second largest river in China,flows for about 3000 miles Why does it matter: could show us where some dynasties were located and creates discussion how important it was to society |  | 14 |
| 7241892007 | yin | one of the six Shang dynasty (1766-1122) Why does it matter: lets us figure out how each dynasty became more advanced and when each dynasty fell and rose |  | 15 |
| 7241894030 | Zhou dynasty | Chinese dynasty (1122-256 BCE), that was the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period, Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics Why does it matter: shows how developed this dynasty was and how powerful it was |  | 16 |
