Vocab 7 & 8 Flashcards

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