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Amcient China Vocab
Term | Definition |
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loess | A silt-like dust that made farmland fertiale in the Huang He river vally |
dikes | Walls to hold back water |
Oracle bone | Animale bones or turtle bones carved with written characters used to try and tell the future |
Pictograph | Pictures that represent words or ideas |
Warlords | Military Rule of small states |
Warring States Period | A 200 year time of chaos between the Zhou dynasty and the Qin dynasty |
Philosophy | A set belief about the word and how to live |
Ancestor Worship | Practices of honoring the spirits of the dead |
Filial Piety | The devotion of children to their parents |
Daoism | An ancient Chinese philosophy that emphasizes a simple and natural existence |
Standardize | A set of rules that makes things more similar |
Legalism | The pilosophy that believes that a strong leader and legal system are needed to create social order |
Cansor | To ban ideas that are dangerous or offensive |
Civil Service | A system of government employees mainly selected for their skills and knowledge |
Silk Road | A network of trade routes that crossed asia,connectiong china to centeral and southwest asia |
Calligraphy | The art of beautiful writing |
Acupuncture | A theraphy that uses needles to cure sickness and stop pain |
Semismometer | A tool to detect earthquakes |