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| Family members whom Shang people revered |
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| Persons for whom ancient Chinese developed contempt |
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| What the Chinese considered all foreigners to be |
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| Bandit leaders who controlled large areas of China |
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| Living family members who were most respected in China |
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| Class of people who lived in Chinese cities |
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| Class of people who lived outside of Chinese cities |
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| People who civilization flourished in India between 2500 to 1500 B.C.E. |
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| Indo-Europeans who invaded northern India around 1500 B.C.E. |
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| Type of people that Aryans were- definitely not city dwellers |
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| First historical dynasty of China |
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| Class OF people just below the Shang rulers |
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| Stone Age inhabitant of China |
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| Most admired members of early Aryan society |
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| Physical characteristic of Aryans that separated them from the people they conquered |
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| Legendary first dynasty of China |
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| People who overthrew China's first historical dynasty |
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| Officials in charge of the Shang calendar |
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| Legendary found of Xia kingdom |
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| River whose valley was the site of India's first civilization |
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| Northernmost of China's two greatest rivers |
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| Southernmost of China's two greatest rivers |
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| Major body of water on China's eastern boundary |
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| Major Indian river that flows southeasterly |
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| "China's sorrow" or "the great sorrow" |
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| Large sea on China's eastern boundary |
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| Desert in the north of China |
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| Major pass through India's northwestern mountains |
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| Body of water into which the Indus River empties |
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| Mountains northeast of India and southwest of China |
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| One of ancient India's large cities, in ruins today |
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| Geographic term for India, rather than "country" |
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| One of the three geographical factors that kept Eastern peoples isolated |
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| wide deserts, high mountains, |
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| Chinese term for the land of the two major river valleys |
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| India's northwestern mountain range |
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| Broad area populated by the spreading Aryans |
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| Capital city of an early Chinese dynasty |
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| Large river south of China's two greatest rivers |
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| Mountains to the northwest of China |
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| What the Aryans did to the Harappan cities |
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| Indian social structure that began under the Aryans Structures used to control the rivers |
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| Structures used to control the rivers |
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| Most Harappan gods were of this gender |
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| Harappan improvement in brick making |
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| Unique feature of Harappan cities' design |
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| Crop used to make cloth, first grown by Harappans |
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| "Modern" system that kept Harappan cities sanitary |
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| Center of each Harappan city |
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| Grain-storage buildings in Harappan cities |
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| Main crop of the Aryans on the central Indian plain |
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| Harappan cities were built on this feature as another form of flood protection |
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| How streets were laid out in Harappan cities |
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| Artifacts that contain most of the known examples of Harappan writing |
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| The Aryan period in Indian history, from 1500 to 1000 B.C.E. |
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| Written language of the Aryans |
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| The Aryans' collections of sacred knowledge |
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| Huge watertight tank in a Harappan city |
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| Basic unit of earliest Aryan society |
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| Greatest, longest Indian epic |
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| Source of our knowledge about earliest Chinese history |
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| Structures used to contain a river's high water levels |
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| The northern river sometimes did this when flooding |
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| Material produced for wealthy people's clothing |
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| Creatures that produced silk |
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| Legendary creatures that were driven out of China's river valleys |
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| Two grains grown by the ancient Chinese |
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| Material used for war chariots, weapons, and works of art |
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| Forces in nature that the Shang worshipped |
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| Improved metal used by the Zhou for weapons and tools |
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| Strongest connection among Chinese people |
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| Main economic base of the Shang dynasty |
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| Type of calendar used by the Shang, adjusted as necessary |
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| Building material that was abundant along the Chinese rivers |
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| Ancient Chinese term for divine right to rule |
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| Centers of early Chinese cities |
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| Items that were inscribed with questions for ancestors |
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| Writing as an art, practiced by the ancient Chinese |
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| Number of written characters a well-educated Chinese had to know |
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| Material that gave the Huang He |
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| Social and economic division that weakened the Shang dynasty |
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