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| 7241688966 | Shang dynasty | 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE First organised river society, introduced writing on oracles bones, local trade, ancestor worship, bronze age, Huang He river | 0 | |
| 7241688967 | Zhou dynasty | 1122 BCE -256 BCE | 1 | |
| 7241688968 | yang and yin | in ancient Chinese belief, the opposing forces that bring balance to nature and life | 2 | |
| 7241688969 | Lao Tzu-Daoism-Dao de Jing | encouraged people to give up worldly desires in favor of nature; he found Taoism ( Daoism ) | 3 | |
| 7241688970 | Hang dynasty | 206 BCE - 220AD Classical Age of China, inventions (paper) Confucian civil servie begins, wealthy traders, extend Great Wall, Silk Road, excellent art, public school conquered by Huns | 4 | |
| 7241688971 | Sui dynasty | Dynasty who reestablished unity in China after the era of Three Kings. Succeeded the Han, and grew from strong rulers in northern China. Famous for building the Grand Canal | 5 | |
| 7241688972 | Song dynasty | 969 AD - 1279 AD Merchant society, urban life increases, rich, Confucian and Buddhist, lots of trade along Silk Road, crushed by Mongols | 6 | |
| 7241688973 | Civil service examination | Exams that Chinese bureaucrats passed to serve in state, based on Confucian concepts, Han origins | 7 | |
| 7241688974 | paper currency | The search for alternatives in cash led to this invention. The first paper money printed appeared in 1024. Paper money was abused | 8 | |
| 7241688975 | ancestor worship | Belief that dead ancestors can influence one's fortunes in life. Those who practice often conduct rituals and ceremonies to the memory or remains of their ancestors | 9 | |
| 7241688976 | Silk Road | the worlds most extensive and sustained networks of exchange among it's diverse people | 10 | |
| 7241688977 | Legalism | the belief that all people except the emperor were morally corrupt, so all people had to be ruled very strictly and harsh punishments were needed to keep everyone in line | 11 | |
| 7241688978 | Great Wall | Chinese defensive fortification built to keep out northern nomadic invaders; began during the reign of Shi Huangdi | 12 | |
| 7241688979 | filial piety | The honoring of one's ancestors and parents, a key element of Confucianism | 13 | |
| 7241688980 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi River. It begun in the Han period and completed during Sui Empire | 14 | |
| 7241688981 | Xiongnu Confederacy | Nomadic pastoral people that formed a confederation on China's northern border, and interacted with the Han dynasty as equals. Theories abound that they are the ancestors of future Mongol, Turkic or Hun peoples | 15 | |
| 7241688982 | Scholar-gentry | Wealthy Class in China during the Han Dynasty; Involved multi-storied houses, silk clothing, carriages, orchestras | 16 | |
| 7241688983 | Silk Roads | the worlds most extensive and sustained networks of exchange among it's diverse people | 17 | |
| 7241688984 | Oracle bones | In Chinese civilization, animal bones that were heated and the cracks then interpreted as prophecies. The prophecies were written on the bone and provide our earliest written sources for ancient China | 18 | |
| 7241688985 | Mandate of Heaven | The divine source for political legitimacy of Chinese rulers; established by Zhou to justify overthrow of Shang. If a dynasty "hold it" their rule is blessed and legitimized from heaven | 19 | |
| 7241688986 | Confucius-the Analects | If people could be taught to emphasize personal virtue a solid political life would naturally result. Confucian virtues stressed respect for one's social superiors— fathers/husbands as leaders of family; emphasis on proper hierarchy balanced by insistence that society's leaders behave modestly & shun abusive powers & treat people who were in their charge courteous. Moderation in behavior, veneration of custom/ritual, love of wisdom should characterize leaders of society at all levels | 20 | |
| 7241688987 | Qin Shi Huangdi | -politics-emperor -China -first emperor of China Terrocotta soldiers, unification of China -Qin dynasty, example to others in Chinese history, Legalist | 21 | |
| 7241688988 | terracotta army | The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracota figurines depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China | 22 | |
| 7241688989 | Tang dynasty | considered the golden age of Chinese civilization and ruled for nearly 300 years; China grew under the dynasty to include much of eastern Asia, as well as large parts of Central Asia | 23 | |
| 7241688990 | foot-binding | Involved he tight wrapping of a young girls feet with strips if cloth that prevented natural growth of the bones and resulted in tiny, malformed, curved feet. Impractical for lower classes to do, mostly wealthy families bound feet of daughters to enhance their attractiveness | 24 | |
| 7241688991 | Gunpowder | Daoist alchemists discovered how to make it during the Tang Dynasty. At earliest it had little military effectiveness. Quickly spread throughout Eurasia | 25 |
