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| Imperial dynasty of China, notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism. |
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| Idea that the Emperor was favored by Heaven to rule over China. |
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| In China, a dynasty would remain in power only as long as it was providing good government. When a dynasty went into decline, and began to abuse its power, it was said to lose the Mandate of Heaven, or the favor of the gods. A strong leader would usually emerge to claim the Mandate, and establish a new dynasty. The dynastic cycle would then begin again. |
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| Towards the end of the Zhou dynasty, a period when regional warlords annexed smaller states around them and consolidated their rule, the Qin came out succesful. |
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| Legalism, established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall |
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| divine spirts that lived in natural objects |
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| King of Qin Dynasty who became it's first emperor and unified China |
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| A political system governed by a single individual |
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| Built during Qin Dynasty to persuade enemies against attacking them, connected former parts togethor, labor intensive, you either work on it or be killed(but many died anyway) |
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| Expanded China's boundaries, developed bureaucracy, Confucian, Liu Family, Emperor Liu Bang divided country into several feudal states |
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| chain or cluster of islands |
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| religion of Japan that is practically a collection of rituals and methods meant to mediate the relations of living humans and Kami(spirits) |
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| teaching of Lao Tse of simple honest life and noninterference with course of natural events |
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| Philosopher who created Daoism during Zhou dynasty |
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| (Taoism) Idea that eemingly disjunct or opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn |
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(Taoism) concept of knowing when and when not to act, natural action, the aim is to achieve a state of perfect equilibrium
WITHOUT ACTION, NOT DOING |
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| based on philosophies of Han-fei-tse, taught that human beings by nature are bad, no belief in afterlife, only threat of harsh punishment will force people to be honest and obedient. Control and punishment is key. |
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| administrative departments of gov. that hire employees based on scores on exams |
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| system of ancient caravan routes across central Asia where traders carried silk and of traded goods |
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| A groups exclusive control over production and distributiono certain goods |
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| Adoption of conquerers culture by conquered peoples |
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| religion based on teachings by Siddhartha Gautama. Karma, rebirth, nirvana, etc. |
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| a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held |
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| respect shown by children for parents or elders |
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| one of the types of professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords |
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| in federal Japan, a supreme military commander ruled in the name of the emperor |
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| the strict code of behaviour followed by sumerai warriors |
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| After Liu Bang died, his son was named the new emperor, but who really had the power? |
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| Which clan took over Japan in the beginning? |
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| The yamato family lost power because of which family? When it was in control it began to slip allowing large landowners to set up private armies and fight over eachother for control |
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| In Japan, which family defeated other clans for power during large landowners set up private armies to fight. |
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| Shogun during Minamoto Rule |
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| putting on a good example |
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| Who created Confucianism, and also whose philosophies were it based on? |
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