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201406038LoessA fine light silt deposited by wind and water. It composites the fertile soil of the yellow river valley.0
201406039ShangThe dominate people in the earliest chinese dynasty in which we have written records1
201406040DivinationTechniques used to ascertain the future or the will of the gods by interpreting natural Phenomena.2
201406041ZhouThe people and Dynasty that took over the dominate northern china from the Shang and created the mandate of heaven to justify thier rule3
201406042Mandate of heavenThe chinese religous and political ideology developed by the Zhou in which the prerogative of heaven the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of china and to take away that power if, the ruler failed to conduct himself justly and the best intrest of his subjects.4
201406043LegalismIn china, the political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control5
201406044ConficusWestern name for the chinese philosopher named Kongz. His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for govenment officials6
201406045LlamaA hoofed animal indigenous to the Andes mountains in south America.It was the only domesticated beast of burden in the americas before the arrival of the europeans. It provided meat and wool.7
201406046ChavinThe first major urban civilization in south america. Its capital, Chavin de huantar was located high in the andes mountains of Peru. Chavin became politacally and economically dominate in a densly populated region.8
201406047OlmecThe first mesoamerican civilization. The olmec people of central mexico created a vibrant civilizationthat included intensive agriculture wide ranging trade and monumental construction.9
201406048MeroeCapital of a flourishing kingdom in southern nubia from the 4th century b.c. In this period nubian culture shows more independence from egypt and the influence of sub-saharran afica10
201406049KushAn egyptian name for Nubia the region alongside the nile river south of egypt where an indigenous kingdom with its own distinctive institutions and cultural traditions11
201406050Yin/YangIn chinese belief , complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world.Yin is associated with feminine and passive qualities, Yang with masculine, ligh, and active qualities12
201406051DaoismChinese school of thought, originating in the warring states period . daoism offered an alternative to the confucian emphsis on hieracy and duty. they acept the world as they find it, avoid futile stuggle and conflict13

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