Big Test Flashcards
Chinese defensive fortification intended to keep out the nomadic
Great wall
Originally a vassal family of shang china overthrew shang
Zhou
Founder and ruler of the brief qin dynasty
Shi Huangdi
400 years beginning in 202 china
Han dynasty
Known as king fuzi major chinese philosopher
Conficious
Established in 221 bce end of warring statees
Qin dynasty
In the zhou dynasty, the mandate of heaven meant that rulers
Were allowed to keep their power if they ruled justly and wisely
Confucian social relationships
Were based on universal love and forgivenesd
The policy sponsored by the qin dynasty to support its state
Broke the power of vassals in order to enhance the power of the emperor
The warring dtates period refers to the disunity in china following the decline of what dynasty
Zhou
The brahan later hinfu god of sacrifice widely worshipped
Vishnu
Buddhist state of enlightenment
Nirvana
Grandson of Chandragupta maurya completed conquests of Indian subcontinent converted to buddhism and sponsored spread of new religion through his empire
Ashoka
Mountain region marking the northern border of the Indian subcontinent site of the aryan settlements that formed small kingdoms of warrior republics
Himalayas
The caste position ant career determined by a persons birth hindu culture required that one accept ones social position and preform occupation to the best of one’s ability in order to have a better situation in life
Dharma