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Zhongguo
"Middle Kingdom"
loess
fine windblown yellow soil
Huang River
"river of sorrows" bordering chinese heartland
Anyang
Shang walled capital
clans
groups of families who claim common ancestor
Fu Hao
wife of king wu Ding who had high status
interacted
was involved in communication, work, or social
mandate of heaven
divine right to rule
dynastic cycle
rise and fall of dynasties
Zhou dynasty
overthrew shangs because gods sent them to conquer
feudalism
system of government in which local lords governed own land but owed military services and other forms of support to the ruler
Qin
dynasty that emerged after Zhou
Shang Di
supreme god
Confucius
"Kong Fuzi"
teacher who founded a religion to ensure social order and good government
Analects
Confucius' teachings that students collected
philosophy
system of ideas
filial piety
respect for parents
yin and yang
balance that universe depended on
Laozi
"old master"
founded Daoism
wrote
Dao De Jing
Dao De Jing
"the way of virtue"
Dao
"the way"
oracle bones
animal bones or turtle sheels with questions to gods or ancestors
crack patterns=answer
characters
written symbols
calligraphy
elegant art of writing
Book of Songs
Zhou book with poems and love songs
Author
kelly
ID
131954
Card Set
history 3:4
Description
rise of civilization in China
Updated
1/31/2012, 9:11:32 AM
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