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Qin Dynasty
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chinese dynasty that lends its name to "china"
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acupuncture
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the insertion of needles under the skin at specific points to relieve pain or treat various illnesses
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warlord
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local military leaders
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xia dynasty
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the earliest dynasty of china-thought to be a legend at one time
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shang dynasty
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during this dynasty, the chinese began writing
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expansionism
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increasing the amount of territory of an empire
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monopoly
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the complete control of a product or business by one group or person
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huang he
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another name for the yellow river
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zhou dynasty
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the first dynasty to claim the mandate of heaven
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calligraphy
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art of fine handwriting
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shang di
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chief god during the shang dynasty
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dynasty that was considered the "Golden Age" of ancient china
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Han dynasty
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fertile yellow soil
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loess
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system of ideas
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philosophy
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groups of families who claim a common ancestor
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clan
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the collected teachings of confucius are in the book called
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analects
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taught the chinese philosophy of legalism
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hanfeizi
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was a han ruler who created a monopoly in china that allowed government to have complete control over iron and salt
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emperor wudi
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had high standards of conduct that often brought him into conflict with corrupt government officials
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confucius
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book burning occurred during this dynasty
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qin
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was the illiterate peasant leader who established the han dynasty
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lui bang
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the majority of the great wall of china was created during this dynasty
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qin
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under the han dynasty, appointment to a government position in china became based on
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merit
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chinese began using coins, and developing a money economy during this dynasty
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zhou
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this dynasty was never run as an empire but as individual city-states governed by kings or princes of clans
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shang
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a violent , chaotic period in chinese history
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warring states
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because of unpredictable flooding the huang he is sometimes known as the
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sorrow of china
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this religion was spread around christianity around 100 ad, it offered chinese people hope at the end of the han dynasty during times of great crisis
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buddhism
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if ruling dynasty was showing signs of decline, another group that wanted to control china might declare that the ruling dynasty had lost
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mandate of heaven
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trade route linking china to the fertile crescent
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silk road
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chinese were the first to develop the use of_________________, they kept making these items as a secret
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silk and paper
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the chinese calendar was extremely accurate having
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365 1/4 days
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viewed government as unnatural and, therefore, the cause of many problems
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daoists
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believed that a leader should be virtuous
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confucius
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this was a feudal state
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zhou
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greek warrior
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hoplite
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colorful, water coloring painting done on a wet platter
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frescoe
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war like people who moved into the greek mainland and eventually to crete
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mycenaean
