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| 130278801 | 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 and standardization. (163) | 0 | |
| 130278802 | Qin Dynasty | Established in 221 B.C.E. at the end of the Warring States period following the decline of the Zhou Dynasty; fell in 207 B.C.E. | 1 | |
| 130278803 | Zhou Dynasty | Originally a vassal family of Shang China; possibly Turkic in origin; overthrew the Shang and established second historical Chinese Dynasty that flourished 1122 to 256 B.C.E.. | 2 | |
| 130278804 | Great Wall | Chinese defensive fortification intented to keep out the nomadic invaders from the north; initiated during the Qin dynasty and reign of Shi Huangdi. | 3 | |
| 130278805 | Confucious | Known to the Chinese as the First Teacher (551-479 B.C.) whose interest in philosophy was political and ethical, not spiritual. | 4 | |
| 130278806 | Wu Ti | (140-87 BCE); most famous Han ruler; promoted peace; supported Confucianism; throughout much of the continent of Asia. | 5 | |
| 130278807 | 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. Marco Polo followed the route on his journey to Cathay. The most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral nomads. Connected the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations. | 6 | |
| 130278808 | Daoism | Philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events. | 7 | |
| 130278809 | Middle Kingdom | 2050 BC. - 1800 BC.: A new dynasty reunited Egypt. Moved the capital to Thebes. Built irrigation projects and canal between NIle and Red Sea so Egytian ships could trade along coasts of Arabian Penninsula and East Africa. Expanded Egyptian territory:Nubia, Syria. | 8 | |
| 130278810 | Analects | A record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples. | 9 | |
| 130278811 | Legalism | In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime. (p.52) | 10 | |
| 130278812 | Five Classics | A corpus of texts considered authoritative by the early Confucians. They include poetry, historical, speeches, chronicles, ritual, and divination, Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient China. | 11 | |
| 130278813 | Mandarin | The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a public official of the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades. | 12 | |
| 130278814 | Era of Warring States | (402-201 BCE); regional rulers made their own armies and fought for control; during this time Zhou Dynasty died;, 441-221 B.C.E. Feudal lords fight amongst each other for territory and power. Ethics of war are broken and new rules are less-gentlemen like. | 13 | |
| 130278815 | Mean People | People who performed unskilled jobs and suffered from the lowest possible status in Chinese society, required to wear green scarves. | 14 | |
| 130278816 | Patriarchalism | All the power and land ownership passes through the father; a male led society; having authority over woman and children. | 15 |
