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| 31772625 | Classical Chinese Dynasty | The Zhou, the Qin, and the Han cover the many centuries of this time period. | 31772625 | |
| 31772626 | Zhou Dynasty | lasted from 1029 to 258 B.C.E.; Flourished until 700 B.C.E. when it experienced a decline in the political infrastructure and invading peoples from border regions. | 31772626 | |
| 31772627 | Qin Dynasty | Preceded the Zhou Dynasty; was short lived even though it was responsible for a number of innovations in Chinese politics and Culture. | 31772627 | |
| 31772628 | Qin Shih Huangdi | the regional ruler that deposed the last Zhou emperor, made himself the sole ruler of China, and took the title of 'First Emperor'. | 31772628 | |
| 31772629 | The Great Wall | Built by Shih Huangdi to guard against barbarian invasions; extended over 3000 miles and is probably the largest construction project in human history. | 31772629 | |
| 31772630 | Han Dynasty | lasted over 400 years, to 220 C.E., and rounded out China's basic political and intellectual structure. | 31772630 | |
| 31772631 | Wu Ti | An emperor of the Han period that established examinations for his bureaucrats- first example of civil service tests of the sort that many governments have instituted in modern times. | 31772631 | |
| 31772632 | Mandarin | The landowning aristocracy plus the educated bureaucrats that formed the top group. | 31772632 | |
| 31772633 | Confucius | lived from about 551 to 478 B.C.E.; he devoted his life to teaching, and he traveled through many parts of China preaching his ideas of political virtue and good government. | 31772633 | |
| 31772634 | Legalism | an alternate system of political thought that sprang up during the Qin and early Han periods; they disdained Confucian virtues in favor of an authoritarian state that ruled by force. | 31772634 | |
| 31772635 | Daoism | arose at about the same time as Confucianism; embraced traditional Chinese beliefs in nature's harmony and added a sense of nature's mystery; produced a durable division in China's religious and philosophical culture. | 31772635 |
