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History 02 Midterm Ancient China
History 02 Midterm Ancient China
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Undergraduate 1
10/04/2016

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Book of Documents
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Describes the Zhou conquest of the Shang, as just noble warriors defeating a sadistic king and his irresponsible followers.
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Mandate of Heaven
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The theory that heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people.
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Shi:
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The lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy, these men could serve in either military or civil capacities.
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Book of Songs
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The earliest collection of Chinese poetry, it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou Dynasty.
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1050 BCE:
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The Zhou rose against and defeated the Shang
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900 BCE
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When the Book of Documents were organized
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800 BCE:
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There were two hundred lords with their own domains
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771 BCE
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Zhou King was killed by an alliance of non-Chinese tribesmen and Zhou vassals
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500 BCE
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Cities began appearing all across northern China, as social and economic change quickened
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403-221 BCE
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The Warring States Period
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