AP World History Terms- 2 Flashcards

31772625	Classical Chinese Dynasty	The Zhou, the Qin, and the Han cover the many centuries of this time period.	31772625
31772626	Zhou Dynasty	lasted from 1029 to 258 B.C.E.; Flourished until 700 B.C.E. when it experienced a decline in the political infrastructure and invading peoples from border regions.	31772626
31772627	Qin Dynasty	Preceded the Zhou Dynasty; was short lived even though it was responsible for a number of innovations in Chinese politics and Culture.	31772627
31772628	Qin Shih Huangdi	the regional ruler that deposed the last Zhou emperor, made himself the sole ruler of China, and took the title of 'First Emperor'.	31772628
31772629	The Great Wall	Built by Shih Huangdi to guard against barbarian invasions; extended over 3000 miles and is probably the largest construction project in human history.	31772629
31772630	Han Dynasty	lasted over 400 years, to 220 C.E., and rounded out China's basic political and intellectual structure.	31772630
31772631	Wu Ti	An emperor of the Han period that established examinations for his bureaucrats- first example of civil service tests of the sort that many governments have instituted in modern times.	31772631
31772632	Mandarin	The landowning aristocracy plus the educated bureaucrats that formed the top group.	31772632
31772633	Confucius	lived from about 551 to 478 B.C.E.; he devoted his life to teaching, and he traveled through many parts of China preaching his ideas of political virtue and good government.	31772633
31772634	Legalism	an alternate system of political thought that sprang up during the Qin and early Han periods; they disdained Confucian virtues in favor of an authoritarian state that ruled by force.	31772634
31772635	Daoism	arose at about the same time as Confucianism; embraced traditional Chinese beliefs in nature's harmony and added a sense of nature's mystery; produced a durable division in China's religious and philosophical culture.	31772635