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| 270998674 | mandate of heaven | a sophisticated political idea that makes it Classical. (that emperors were chosen directly from the gods) | 0 | |
| 270998675 | son of heaven | what were emperors also known as in Classical China? | 1 | |
| 270998676 | warring states period | the various warlords start to be followed more than the emperor. all of the warlords were fighting to claim the mandate of heaven | 2 | |
| 270998677 | zhou | the dynasty that came after the shang from 1029-258 BCE | 3 | |
| 270998678 | Qin | shortest dynasty. from 221-202 BCE | 4 | |
| 270998679 | shi Huangdi | was a legalist (and really the only emperor of the Qin dynasty) who defeated all of the other warlords. punished people who did not support him | 5 | |
| 270998680 | great wall | building of this started during the zhou. warlords would build them to protect their province. shi huangdi was the one who put it all together | 6 | |
| 270998681 | terra cotta soldiers | 8,000 statues made of terra cotta. soldiers of Shi Huangdi's army. the faces were of individual soldiers | 7 | |
| 270998682 | Han | dynasty considered the "Golden Age" of classical CHina. | 8 | |
| 270998683 | Wu Ti | went from legalist to confucian. was a "son of heaven" in the Confucian religion. was a superior man/father to all in China (most famous ruler of the Han dynasty) | 9 | |
| 270998684 | silk roads | network of roads that goes all the way into the middle east. was created so that the Chinese cod trade luxury goods with India, the Middle East, and even the Roman Empire | 10 | |
| 270998685 | family | basic political, social, and economic unit in China (then and today) | 11 | |
| 270998686 | yin and yang | reflects the Chinese belief that the universe was a delicate balance between two forces. light/dark, earth/heaven, male/female | 12 | |
| 270998687 | confucianism | is about how you impact society. all about folowing the rules to help societies | 13 | |
| 270998688 | legalism | all about who has power. nobody cares about the individual but it is about the leader. | 14 | |
| 270998689 | daoism | all about individual actions, no sense of community. did not have rules | 15 | |
| 270998690 | confucius | his ideas were ethical and political NOT SPIRITUAL. | 16 | |
| 270998691 | ren | sense of humanity, compassion, and empathy | 17 | |
| 270998692 | li | propriety, courtesy, deference to elders (treating those that have come before you with respect) | 18 | |
| 270998693 | xiao | filial piety. idea of family | 19 | |
| 270998694 | work ethic | reverence for honesty and hard work. | 20 | |
| 270998695 | Laozi | may have ben a contemporary Confucius; may or may not have existed. founder of Taoism (Daoism) | 21 | |
| 270998696 | tao | "the way" | 22 | |
| 270998697 | hanfeizi | contemporary of conducius. Legalism was adopted by the Qin dynasty in order to accomplish unification and the completion of mass projects | 23 | |
| 274344517 | era of warring states | the period when the zhou dynasty disintegrated | 24 | |
| 274344518 | analects | book that recorded Confucian doctrine | 25 | |
| 274344519 | legalism | the alternate system of political thought that developed in China during the Qin and Han dynasties that had disdain fro Confucian virtues. advocated an authoritarian state that ruled by force | 26 | |
| 274344520 | mean people | the social group in china that was at the bottom and was treated the worst | 27 |
