Ancient Chinese Civilizations-World History Chapter 4

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ancient chinese civilization terms


 
  
Created Sep 29, 2010
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1
Loess
 
Fertile yellow soil.
2
Animism 
 
Belief that spirits inhabit everything.
3
Dialects
 
Variations of a language.
4
Calligraphy
 
Chinese art of writing.
5
Autocracy
 
Government in which the ruler holds absolute power.
6
Yin and Yang
 
Is female, dark, and passive. Is male, bright, and active.
7
Confucius
 
A leaking philosopher of the period was confucios.
8
Laozi
 
Founded the philosophy appeared.
9
Genealogy
 
Record of a family history.
10
Five Classes
 
Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient china.

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