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China
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Great Wall | The Great Walls a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials. And used for trading and defence |
Classical China | also known as Literary Chinese is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese. |
Post Classical China | |
Bronze casting | |
Magnetic compass | another term for compass |
Civil service system | those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. |
Qin Shi Huangdi | Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China. |
Wu-ti | Emperor Wu of Han, born Liu Che, courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China |
Chengo | a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province |
Mandate of Heaven | the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods created by the Zhou |
Zhou | was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty. |
Dynasty | a sequence of rulers from the same family |
Laozi | an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer |
Confucius | a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher |
Han Fei Zswxei | |
Merchant | person or company involved in wholesale trade |
Skilled tradesman | |
Acquire | buy or obtain |
Effect | a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause |
Sub-continent | a large, distinguishable part of a continent |
Asia | Earth's largest and most populous continent |
China | a country |
India | a country |
Continent | a large land mass |
Country | |
trade route | is a logistical network identified as a of pathways and stoppages |
Monotheism | |
Polytheism | |
Non-theism | |
background knowledge | |
geographic physical features |