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| 212957567 | Mandate of Heaven | Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, according to which it was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China and to take away that power if the ruler failed to conduct himself justly and in the best interests of his subjects. | 0 | |
| 212957568 | Tian | day | 1 | |
| 212957569 | 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. | 2 | |
| 212957570 | Book of History | A book detailing the history of the Zhou dynasty. | 3 | |
| 212957571 | Book of Changes | book that talks about how everything is made of yin and yang | 4 | |
| 212957572 | Book of Rites | Zhou book explaining the rules of etiquette and rituals required of aristocrats in China under the Zhou dynasty. | 5 | |
| 212957573 | Yangshao society | flourished from 5000-3000 BCE, located in middle region of the Yellow River valley | 6 | |
| 212957574 | Xia dynasty | This was the earliest known dynasty. There is no written evidence of this early time period, but artifacts have been found. The people of this time were farmers and made pottery. | 7 | |
| 212957575 | Shang dynasty | Second Chinese dynasty (about 1750-1122 B.C.) which was mostly a farming society ruled by an aristocracy mostly concerned with war. They're best remembered for their art of bronze casting. | 8 | |
| 212957576 | Zhou dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism | 9 | |
| 212957577 | Qin dynasty | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall | 10 | |
| 212957578 | Oracle bones | cattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated | 11 | |
| 212957579 | King Yu | the legendary Xia dynasty founder (before the Shang), a hero of flood control | 12 | |
| 212957580 | Kung Fuzi | ancient Chinese philosopher, born in 6th century BCE, author of Analects; "Do unto others as their status and yours dictates" | 13 | |
| 212957581 | King Yao | -King after Huanddi -filled with wisdom -Didn't want his son as the next king -CHOSES a wise, poor man: Shun | 14 | |
| 212957582 | King Shun | the legendary early Chinese sage-king who ordered the four seasons and who established uniform weights, measures, and units of time was? | 15 | |
| 212957583 | Fu Hao | a Chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her time and life | 16 |
