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Shi Huangdi
- "first emperor"
- Zheng
- ruler of Qin who united China
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Qin dynasty
221BC - 206BC
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classical age
when civilization sets patterns in gov, philosophy, religion, science, and art as framework for other cultures
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Han fezi
he based the teachings of legalism
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legalism
- greed is motive for actions and conflicts
- strict way of order and power
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Xianyang
shi Huangdi's capital
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great wall
connected walls of feudal states
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Han dynasty
202BC - 220AD
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Gao Zu
peasant leader who founded Han dynasty
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Wudi
most famous Han emperor 141BC - 87BC
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Confucian
"men of wisdom and virtue"
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Xian
site of Wudi's imperial university
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monopoly
complete control of product or business by one person or group
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expasionism
expanding a country's territory
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silk road
- network of trade routes linking China to the west and middle east
- 4000 mi
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civil servants
officials in government
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Five Classics
collection of histories, poems, and handbooks put together by Confucius and others
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compiled
created by gathering things together
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Sui dynasty
set up civil services exam
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civil service
exams taken by men to determine their status 580AD - 1912AD
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warlords
local military rulers
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"Red Eyebrows"
"Green Woodsmen"
rebelious peasants who fled to mountains and formed secret group of bandits
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Han China/period
- "people of Han"
- most technilogically advanced civilization in the world
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seismograph
detect and measure earthquakes
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Wang Chong
- disagreed that comets and eclipses showed heaven's anger
- believed that no scientific theories should be accepted unless supported by proof
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acupuncture
- 2500BC
- inserting of needles into skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illness
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Cailun
invented method of papermaking from wood pulp
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Lessons for Women
- handbook of behavior
- 100AD
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Ban Zhao
author of women and men behavior book
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