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Chapter 10
Amber A And Amber B
Term | Definition |
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warlord | a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in the limited area |
aristocrat | a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility |
ancestor | a person that someone is descended from |
pictograph | a symbol in writing system based on pictures |
ideograph | a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea |
bureaucracy | a group of nonelected government officials |
hereditary | having title or possession by reason of birth |
mandate of heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods |
Dao | Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule |
Confucianism | a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius |
Daoism | |
legalism | |
filial piety | |
censor | |
currency | |
civil service | |
tenant farmer | |
acupuncture |