History: Chapter 4 (China’s Classical Age: People) – Flashcards
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Shang Dynasty
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First Chinese Dynasty with writing, metalworking, cities, and chariots
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Di
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High God of the Shang Dynasty
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Zhou Dynasty
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A vassal state which overthrew the Shang. Decentralized feudal government
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Xiongnu
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nomadic tribe, threat to China's peoples
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Mongols
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nomadic tribe, threat to China's peoples
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Anyang
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Excavated Shang city which reveals large palaces, temples, and altars.
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Lady Hao
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one of the many wives of the king Wu Ding
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Qiang
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to the west of the Shang and considered fierce barbarian tribesmen
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Lord Mengchang
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Served as prime minister of Qi
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State of Chu
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Place in which new deities and cults appeared
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Warring States Period
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lasted from 403 to 221 B.C.E. when different dynasties fought for power-- Qin survived
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State of Jin
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Developed cavalry to defend from mounted crossbow men
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Sun Wu
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Wrote The Art of War
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Qin Dynasty
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Victor of the Warring States Period
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Confucius
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Extolled filial piety, where children were obedient to their parents
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Confucian Ideas
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Five relationships: Father and Son, ruler and subject, Husband and Wife, Elder and younger brother, and Friend and Friend
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Mencius
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Follower of Confucius and proposed concrete political and financial measures to ease tax burdens and otherwise improve the people's lot.
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Xunzi
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Follower of Confucius and Argued that people are born selfish and that only through education and ritual do they learn to put moral principle above their own interest
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Laozi
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Author of the Laozi, a Daoist text
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Zhuangzi
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Another Daoist author
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King of Qin
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Adopted many Legalist policies
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Han Feizi
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Believer in Legalism and saw Confucian ideas to be naive
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Taiyi
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Astral god (Grand One)
