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| 204356687 | King Yu | Legendary founder of the Xia dynasty | 0 | |
| 204356688 | Xia | The first 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. | 1 | |
| 204356689 | 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. | 2 | |
| 204356690 | Zhou | Chinese dynasty that was the foundation of Chinese thought. Confusinism, Daoism, etc | 3 | |
| 204356691 | Huang He | "yellow river" This river flows east through china. It contained silt that turns the water to a soupy yellow consistency. Provided fertile soil for agriculture | 4 | |
| 204356692 | Yangzi | "long river" river in southern china that provided fertile soil for farming | 5 | |
| 204356693 | Yangshao | Early Chinese society along the Huang He | 6 | |
| 204356694 | Banpo | neolithic village near modern Xi'an, part of Yangshao | 7 | |
| 204356695 | Bronze metallurgy | gave aristocrats in the Shang dynasty power because they had a monopoly on these weapons. | 8 | |
| 204356696 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the emperors ruled through this. Dictated the well being of the people of their land. | 9 | |
| 204356697 | Iron Metallurgy | A technological development brought about during the Zhou dynasty because it was stronger and cheaper than bronze | 10 | |
| 204356698 | Period of the Warring States | a time when the China was in constant war between its city states, occurring right after the fall Zhou dynasty and not ending until the formation of the Qin dynasty | 11 | |
| 204356699 | Ancestor Worship | a religious practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living | 12 | |
| 204356700 | Oracle bones | Ancient Shang's means on telling the future. They would write questions on these and then burn them. Cracks would form that they would use to tell the furture | 13 | |
| 204356701 | Book of Songs | Ancient Chinese (Zhou) classic, also known as the Book of Poetry, and the Book of Odes. Collection of verses on light and serious themes. 311 poems complied and edited after 600 BCE. Some poems reflect conditions of the early Zhou dynasty, some have political implications because they recorded the illustrious deeds of heroic figures and ancient sage-kings, and others were hymns sung at ritual observances. Also about life, love, family, nature, daily life. | 14 | |
| 204356702 | Book of Changes | Example of Zhou literature, this book serves as a manual of diviners. | 15 |
