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ANCIENT CHINA

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The use of ink and brush to draw Chinese characters
A Chinese philosophy based on the importance of laws
An official who made sure government workers did their jobs
A system of beliefs based on duty
A series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe with an eye to expansion.
Kings rules with a Mandate of Heaven
Harsh ruling emperor
Chinese political and religious doctrine used since ancient times to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this belief, heaven, Tian)—which embodies the natural order and will of the universe—bestows the mandate on a just ruler of China, the "Son of Heaven" of the "Celestial Empire".
A rain shadow desert, formed by the Tibetan Plateau blocking precipitation from the Indian Ocean reaching the Gobi territory.
A character that stands for an object
A river of northern China rising in the Kunlun Mountains and flowing about 5,400 km (3,350 mi) generally eastward to the Bohai Sea. It is named for the vast quantities of yellow silt it carries to its delta. The river is sometimes called "China's Sorrow" because of the devastating floods that once occurred regularly in its lower course. Yellow River is the translation of Huang He, its Chinese name.
An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay.
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A medical treatment that uses needles to relieve pain
Government work
Connected China with the west
Oracle bones provide us with one of the earliest examples of writing in Ancient China. They also have given historians useful information about the Shang dynasty.
Founder of Legalism
_____is known for his religious innovations and patronage of the poetic and musical arts, including development of the Imperial Music Bureau into a prestigious entity. It was also during his reign that cultural contact with western Eurasia was greatly increased, directly and indirectly.
The responsibility of children to respect, obey, and care for parents
A group of people with the same economic and social position
Warlords helped kings control
Civil service tests were given during this Dynasty