The chapter 5 vocabulary/key points from Traditions and Encounter by Bentley and Ziegler
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| 91024521 | Xia Dynasty | The first Chinese dynasty established around 2200 BCE along the Yellow River with Yu(hero of flood control) as their king and Erlitou as their capital. | 0 | |
| 91024522 | Yangzi River | A river of central China, long ago, used to cultivate rice; runs from the Qinghai mountains of Tibet to Nanjing and Shanghai. | 1 | |
| 91024523 | Loess soil | Yellowish-colored dirt used as soil in Chinese agriculture during the Xia Dynasty. | 2 | |
| 91024524 | Shang Dynasty | The second Chinese dynasty established around 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE; it had moved its capital six times; the kings were buried with thousands of objects. | 3 | |
| 91024525 | Mandate of Heaven | The right to rule; only given to virtuous leaders. | 4 | |
| 91024526 | Zhou Dynasty | The third Chinese dynasty established around 1122 BCE to 256 BCE; overthrew the Shang; it had a decentralized administration; the last king abdicated his position. | 5 | |
| 91024527 | Ancestor worship | There was a belief that in order to prosper, the family must honor their dead to work as one; usually the role of the male of the household to honor the dead using rites and ceremonies. | 6 | |
| 91024528 | Oracle bones | Bones of tortoise/sheep that contained inscribed questions to spirits; cracks were left and were only read by fortune tellers after being thrown in a fire. | 7 |
