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Chapter 10 Sec1
Term | Definition |
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Tang taizong | A military leader who found the Tang Dynasty |
bureaucracy | A system of governments with many departments |
Empress Wu | The he only women empress |
Li Bo | A famous poet |
Subtle | Delicate, finely detailed |
Minimize | To reduce to as little |
scholar-officials | highly educated civil servant who entered government only after passing special examination |
merit system | A merit system is a process for hiring and promoting people based on talent and skills rather than on wealth or social status |
urbanization | or the growth of cities |
philosophy | man's rules to be and successful |
religion | God's rules to be and successful |
alter | to change |
compound | combination of different chemical ingredients |
land tenure | refers to way land is owned and distributed in a region |
literacy | or the ability to read and write |
money economy | economy in which people use currency rather than barter to buy and sell goods |
porclain | a hard white pottery of extremely fine quality |