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| a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
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| closely related people of weveral generations |
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| a system of beliefs and values |
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| the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government |
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| the kind of money used by a group or a nation |
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| a local leader of an armed group |
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| valuable cloth originally only made in China, spun from threads of catipillars called silkworms |
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| a Chinese philosopher and teacher, originator of Confucianism; greater influenced Chinese life (551-479 BC) |
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| founder of Qin dynasty and China's first emperor; ruled from aprx. 221 to 210 BC (259-210 BC) |
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| Founder of Han dynasy of China in 202 BC, born a peasant; stabalized government and protected education (256- 195 BC) |
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| Chinese Emperor from 140-86 BC; expanded the Chinese empire under Han dynasty; made Confucianism the state religion (156-86 BC) |
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| Chinese scholar, astronomerm and historian; wrote most important history of Ancient China, HISTORY RECORDS (135-87 BC) |
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| a chain of trade routes stretching from china to the Mediteranean sea |
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