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