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7270102795The HanDe-emphasized legalism in favor of a government bases on confusion values.0
7270122326The government had more powerBecause the emperor, Han Wudi ,started to centralize the government, what happened to the government?1
7270126868Pulling power into the governmentwhat does centralizing the government mean?2
7270182414merchantsThough trade was important, who has a low social class.?3
7270189889shiwho is very important and is also now as scholar bureaucrats?4
7270206026sons of the wealthyAll though all Chinese man were able to take the exams, who has the most tome to study?5
7270216929A UniversityWhat was founded to educate young scholars?6
7270223954aristocrats and scholar-gentry familiesWhat was the bureaucracy mostly filled with?7
7270232688the scholar-gentry,ordinary but free, citizensThe main social classes of Han China:8
7270241283skilled artisansskilled what was in high demand?9
7270729014womenwho still remained subordinate to men?10
7270739060theoryThe Chinese were more drawn to practical scientific experimentation than what?11
7270746627official corruption inefficiencywhat caused the government ot loose the mandate of heaven?12
7277774520a social class of hereditary and usually unchangeable statuswhat does the term cast mean?13
7277786013social classes the Aryans used which means "color."what does the term Verna mean?14
7277827090Bahamians, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and the untouchables.what are the social classes of the the cast system?15
7277838633religious texts were passes down from generation to generation of Aryans.What happened during the Vedic Age?16
7277850948this age was from 1400-900 b.c.e. but no records were written until 600 b.c.e.what was significant about the Rig Veda?17
7277875012UpanishadsAryan religion blended with beliefs of the Dravidian's as reflected in the body of works called what?18
7277886871indian sub-continentEventually their beliefs turned to Hinduism, mostly around what sub-continent?19
7277899917Ashoka, the third greatest ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty, converted to it.why did India greatly impact the growth of Buddhism?20
7277925534they were content to draw tribute to them. Basically, they had control over them without having to have a government.The Gupta didn't have a direct bureaucracy they were content to drawn what?21
7277944158silk road, indian ocean trade, and the Saharan trade.what were the three main trade networks?22
7277956140the stirrupwhat was invented in what is now northern Afghanistan?23
7277962971culture, religion,goods, diseases, and tech.traveling along the trade routes cause what to spread?24
7278013915they aggressively migrated towards the west.where did the nomadic Hun's go from their homeland in central Asia?25
7278035656they traveled for centuries all over sub-Saharan Africa , but retained many of their costumes, including the Bantu language.what was so special about the Bantu?26
7278058388the Bantu languagewhat was most spread to sub-Saharan Africa?27
7278068223attacks from nomadic groups, serious internal problems, and the problem of interdependence.What were the three common reasons that caused several great empires to fall?28

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