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| 98207876 | Warring States period | the period from 5th century BC to the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC when regional warlords battled amongst eachother and there was no ruler | 0 | |
| 98207877 | Daoism | It is a philosophy which is founded by Laozi. Daoism emphasizes living in harmony with nature | 1 | |
| 98207878 | Legalism | In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime. (p.52) | 2 | |
| 98207879 | Han dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 3 | |
| 98207880 | Liu Bang | helped overthrow Qin dynasty, 1st emperor of the Han dynasty, was born a peasant and worked way up to emperor | 4 | |
| 98207881 | Wudi | chineese empire from 140-86 b.c; brought the han dynasty to its peak; expanded the chinese empire; made confusionism the state religion | 5 | |
| 98207882 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in 184 C.E., promising a golden age to be brought about by divine magic. | 6 | |
| 98207883 | 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 | 7 | |
| 98207884 | Qin Shi Huangdi | First Emperor; only emperor of Qin Dynasty; legalist; abolished feudalism and established a bureaucracy; anti-religion; building of Great Wall and other public works | 8 | |
| 98207885 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher, administrator, and moralist. His social and moral teachings, collected in the Analects , tried to replace former religious observances | 9 | |
| 98207886 | Indo-Aryan | Aryans in india. | 10 | |
| 98207887 | brahmin | any of several breeds of Indian cattle | 11 | |
| 98207888 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan Empire | 12 | |
| 98207889 | Mauryan Empire | The first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 324 B.C.E. and survived until 184 B.C.E. From its capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley it grew wealthy from taxes. (184) | 13 | |
| 98207890 | Siddartha Guatama | the first Buddha who set forth the Four Noble Truth, The Middle Way to Nirvana, and The Eight-fold Path. | 14 | |
| 98207891 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 15 | |
| 98207892 | Chandra Gupta I | This emperor came to power peacefully in about AD 320 and his empire was called the Gupta Empire. | 16 | |
| 98207893 | Hunas | The group who attacked the Guptas, leading to their fall. | 17 | |
| 98207894 | monsoon | rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | 18 | |
| 98207895 | Asoka | grandson of Chandragupta; most honored emperor for his commitment to spreading peace and prosperity to all; was buddhist but accepted other religions; decline came after his death | 19 | |
| 98207896 | Vedas | sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests | 20 |
