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| 5693756206 | Shang | The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1750-1027 B.C.E.). Ancestor worship, divination by means of oracle bones, and the use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes were major elements of this culture. | 0 | |
| 5693756207 | Zhou | The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule and the idea of the Middle Kingdom. Feudal, decentralized government (1046 - 256 B.C.E.) | 1 | |
| 5693756208 | Qin | A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). Their ruler, Shi Huangdi, standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved subjects. | 2 | |
| 5693756209 | Han | Imperial dynasty that ruled China from 206 B.C.E to 221 C.E., expanded its boundaries and developed a bureaucracy, dynasty that overthrew the Qin, established centralized government, civil service system, Silk Road. Made Confucianism state ideology | 3 | |
| 5693756210 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher (551-479 B.C.E.). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials. Believed in education, filial peity, the five relationships, and a strict social order | 4 | |
| 5693756211 | Lao Zi | Chinese philosopher, founder of Daoism, which emphasizes the Dao, the inevitable and harmonious way of the universe. | 5 | |
| 5693756212 | Han Feizi | He helped develop the doctrine of Legalism - believed that the activity of society was attributable to the ruler and his position (good ruler=success, bad ruler=failure) - believed that society needed strict laws and severe punishments | 6 | |
| 5693756213 | Analects | The teachings of Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.) compiled by his disciples. | 7 | |
| 5693756214 | Dao De Ching | The Way of Virtue, written by Laozi. It describes how the universal force of Dao (the Way) guides all things. | 8 | |
| 5693756215 | Yin Yang | In Daoist belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities while the other with feminine, dark, and passive qualities. | 9 | |
| 5693756216 | Filial piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for ones parents and ancestors | 10 | |
| 5693756217 | Dynasty | a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time | 11 | |
| 5693756218 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 12 | |
| 5693756219 | Dynastic Cycle | rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven | 13 | |
| 5693756220 | Middle Kingdom | What the Chinese called themselves because they believed they were the center of the universe, Zhong Guo | 14 | |
| 5693756221 | Mandarin | a high government official; a member of an elite group, esp. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China | 15 | |
| 5693756222 | Era of the Warring States | The period of Chinese history between c. 500 and 220 B.C.E. characterized by the breakdown of the central government and feudal war. Between collapse of the Zhou and the rise of the Qin | 16 | |
| 5693756223 | Feudalism | a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. | 17 | |
| 5693756224 | Centralized | power concentrated in the center, especially political power concentrated in the hands of one leader/emperor or executive body | 18 | |
| 5693756225 | Decentralized | power dispersed among many different points, especially political power distributed among many different nobles/landowners/leaders/regions | 19 | |
| 5693756226 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states, standardization, the great wall, and his Terra Cotta army | 20 | |
| 5693756227 | Wu Ti | Han Warrior Emperor who greatly expanded the empire, (140-87 BCE); promoted peace; supported Confucianism; He conducted the FIRST Civil service examinations in the world, also called Warrior Emperor as he enlarged the Han Dynasty to Central Asia. | 21 | |
| 5693756228 | Liu Bang | Helped overthrow Qin; First emperor of the Han dynasty under which a new social and political hierarchy emerged. Scholars were on top, followed by farmers, artisans, and merchants. He chose his ministers from educated men with Confucian principals. | 22 | |
| 5693756229 | 551 B.C.E. | Birth of Confucius | 23 | |
| 5693756230 | 500 B.C.E. | Beginning of the Warring States Period | 24 | |
| 5693756231 | 450 B.C.E. | Development of accurate calendar | 25 | |
| 5693756232 | 402 B.C.E. | Editing of the Five Classics | 26 | |
| 5693756233 | 221 B.C.E. | Beginning of the Qin dynasty | 27 | |
| 5693756234 | 202 B.C.E. | Rise of the Han dynasty | 28 | |
| 5693756235 | Five Classics | Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient China [Book of Poems]-300 songs about joy, love, and politics, [Book of History]-speeches and documents about government, [Book of Changes]-art of predicting the future,[Spring and Autumn Annals]-record of events in city state of Lu from 772 B.C. - 481 B.C., [Book of Rites]-deals with manners and ceremonies; essential for every well-educated young man in China | 29 | |
| 5693756236 | Silk Road | An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6,440 km (4,000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. | 30 | |
| 5693756237 | Wu Wei | non action, don't do anything that isn't keeping with the Tao | 31 | |
| 5693756238 | mean people | people of the lowest status; did unskilled jobs; wore a green scarf to show their status; punished harsher for crimes; | 32 | |
| 5693756239 | Gentry | In China, the class of prosperous families, next in wealth below the rural aristocrats, from which the emperors drew their administrative personnel. | 33 | |
| 5693756240 | scholar-gentry | Chinese class created by the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. | 34 | |
| 5693756241 | shi | The emerging social scholar gentry that was developing in the classical period.; transformed into corps of professional bureaucrats because of knowledge of writing during Zhou dynasty. | 35 | |
| 5693756242 | Chinese art | Careful craftsmanship. detail, precision, geometric qualities, largely decorative, writing, calligraphy, | 36 | |
| 5693756243 | Classical Civilization | Highly organized civilizations that had strong central governments, developed trade networks, and made major contributions to our modern world: Architecture, Law, Gov't, Science. 1000 B.C.E. - 500 C.E. | 37 | |
| 5693756244 | 1600 B.C.E. - 1050 B.C.E. | Shang Dynasty | 38 | |
| 5693756245 | 1046 B.C.E. 256 B.C. E. | Zhou Dynasty | 39 | |
| 5693756246 | 500 B.C.E. - 221 B.C.E. | Era of the Warring States | 40 | |
| 5693756247 | 221 - 206 B.C.E. | Qin Dynasty (China's 1st empire) | 41 | |
| 5693756248 | 206 B.C.E. - 220 C.E. | Han Dynasty, also beginnings of Silk Roads and maritime trade around the South China Sea and Indian Ocean Basin | 42 | |
| 5693756249 | Han | Dynasty that promoted and encouraged Confucian morals | 43 | |
| 5693756250 | Yin Yang | In Daoist belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities while the other with feminine, dark, and passive qualities. | 44 | |
| 5693756251 | Wang Mang | Regent and Confucian scholar. Disposed an infant Han ruler, and declared himself emperor of the Xin Dynasty (9-23 C.E.). sets up graineries for the poor, new money, because of land reforms people didn't like him; bad flood (he was blamed); he was assasinated | 45 | |
| 5693756252 | Xia | A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies, built cities, and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script. | 46 | |
| 5693756253 | Sima Qian | A Chinese scholar, astronomer, and historian; author of the most important history of ancient China, Historical Records | 47 | |
| 5693756254 | Ban Zhao | A major female Confucian author of Han dynasty China (45-116 C.E.) whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking for women. | 48 | |
| 5693756255 | Assimilate | to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | 49 | |
| 5693756256 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 50 |
