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Joshua Riffel chapter 6 Ancient China
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01/17/2018

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Jade
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Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties
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oracle
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a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
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lord
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a person of high rank who owned land but owed loyalty to his king

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peasants
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a farmer with a small farm
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confuscios
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Chinese philosopher, he was the most influential teacher in Chinese history. His teachings, called Confucianism, focused on morality, family, society, and government.
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ethics
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moral values
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confucianism
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a philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government
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daoism
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a philosophy that developed in China and stressed the belief that one should live in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality
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laozi
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Chinese philospoher, he was the most famous Daoist teacher. Laozi is credited with writing The Way and Its Power, Daoism’s basic text.
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legalism
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the Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
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Shi huangdi
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Ruler of China, he united China for the first time. He built roads and canals and began the Great Wall of China. Shi Huangdi also imposed a standard system of laws, money, weights, and writing system in China.
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great wall
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a barrier made of walls across China’s northern frontier
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sundial
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a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day
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seismograph
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a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
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acupuncture
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the Chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
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silk
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a soft, light, and highly valued fabric developed in China
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silk road
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a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea
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diffusion
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the spread of ideas from one culture to another
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