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| 7293677526 | Book of Changes | A popular work of the ancient Chinese times. Significance: this was a manual instructing diviners in the art of foretelling the future. |  | 0 |
| 7293677527 | Book of Songs | One of the few books that survived the burning of the books, contains songs and poems about common life in China Significance: influenced more poetry to be created in China. |  | 1 |
| 7293677528 | Chu | Autonomous state in the central Yangtzi region of Ancient China during the Zhou Dynasty. Significance: led to administrative reforms, became a successful expansionist state, was a great Warring States period power. |  | 2 |
| 7293677529 | Ideograms | A written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Significance: still used by the Chinese today to write down words and phrases |  | 3 |
| 7293677530 | Mandate of heaven | An ancient Chinese belief that said heavenly powers grant the power to rule to deserving individuals; when the Zhou conquered the Shang they claimed this had passed onto them Significance: the Zhou dynasty used this to justify their overthrow of the Shang dynasty and their reign |  | 4 |
| 7293677531 | Oracle bones | Items used to tell peoples future when thrown into a fire, they had Ancient Chinese writing, helping modern people understand Chinese writing Significance: the earliest form of ancient Chinese writing; contains important historical information |  | 5 |
| 7293677532 | Period of the Warring States | A time in China full of war and political chaos; started after the fall of the Zhou dynasty as warlords fought for power trying to unify China Significance: after, China reunited under the Qin Dynasty. |  | 6 |
| 7293677533 | Pictographs | A record consisting of pictorial symbols, like prehistoric cave drawings, graphs, or charts with symbolic figures Significance: the first alphabet |  | 7 |
| 7293677534 | Shang dynasty | The dynasty that conquered the Xia dynasty and always made sure to have family relationships with powerful peoples; literature flourished under them Significance: the rulers of Shang Dynasty saw agriculture as very important; fishing became an industry |  | 8 |
| 7293677535 | Steppe nomads | A large group of nomadic peoples from the Eurasian Steppe, who often appear in history as invaders of Europe, the Middle East and China Significance: Chinese cultivators encountered nomadic peoples; supported large herds of animals |  | 9 |
| 7293677536 | Tian | Chinese term for heaven. Significance: was the equivalent heaven for China |  | 10 |
| 7293677537 | Veneration of Ancestors | Based on love and respect for the deceased; that the dead have a continued existence, and may influence the fortune of the living. Significance: ancestor worship cults are still an important Chinese belief systems Veneration of Ancestors |  | 11 |
| 7293677538 | Xia Dynasty | Early Chinese dynasty (2200-1766 BCE) Significance: the dynasty is the first, possibly mythical, dynasty in traditional Chinese history |  | 12 |
| 7293677539 | Yangzi River | River in central Asia. Significance: location of one of the original river valley civilizations |  | 13 |
| 7293677540 | Yellow River | River in central Asia. Significance: location of one of the original river valley civilizations |  | 14 |
| 7293677541 | Yin | One of the six Shang dynasty capitals (1766-1122 BCE) Significance: was the capital of the Shang dynastyfrom the 14th century BCE. |  | 15 |
| 7293677542 | Zhou Dynasty | A dynasty that fought for power with the Shang, they won and relied too heavily upon their administrators to govern their empire, this caused rebellion led by warlords Significance: the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou Classics |  | 16 |
