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H2P final 4
Silk road and Great Wall
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History
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2010

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Changan
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large city in western China, eastern terminus of silk road, cosmopolitan
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Meng Tian
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general of Qin Dynasty, built Great Wall, believed he committed a crime by 'cutting across Earth's arteries'
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rammed earth
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used to build part of Great Wall, process of using raw materials to create wall or building, sustainable but requires lots of labor
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Zhou Dynasty
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longest dynasty in China, introduced use of iron and bronze to China, Confucianism and Daoism followed directly after
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