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Longshan pottery and their fragments were first excavated in 1928 in what province?

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Shandong provonce

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Produced black pottery (egg-shell pottery) using pottery wheels

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Longshan

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Named after the village in Henan province where its pottery were found

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Yangshao

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Inscriptions on some of the pottery suggest the beginning of Chinese writing; but this remains a subject of scholarly debate

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Yangshao

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Marked the transition from agricultural village to cities surrounded by rammed or stamped earth and moats

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Longshan

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Neolithic culture from 3,000-2,000 BCE; sometimes divided into early period (3,000-2,600 BCE) and late period (2,600-2,000 BCE)

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Longshan

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Agriculture was based on rice cultivation

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Longshan

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Small scale silk production (sericulture) also commenced

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Longshan

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People engaged in a form of divination based on the interpretation of crack patterns formed on heated cattle bones

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Scapulimancy during Longshan

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Agricultural society that grew millet, rice and wheat and domesticated animals like dogs, pigs, sheep, goat and cattle

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Yangshao

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Yellow Emperor

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Huangdi

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Opposed shamanism, imposed patriarchy and forbade close-kin marriage

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Zhuanxu

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His wife taught sericulture to Chinese women

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Huangdi

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3 Divine Emperors

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Suiren, Fuxi, and Shennong

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Discover fire

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Suiren

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Great grandson of Huangdi who established schools and was the first to practice polygamy

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Ku

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Morally perfect sage-king; along with Shun and Yu were known as the Three Sovereigns

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Yao

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Known as the Emperor of the Five Grains or the Father of Chinese Agriculture; known as the Father of Medicine as well

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Shennong

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Previously regarded as a legendary dynasty until direct information about the period from inscriptions on bronze and oracle bones confirmed its historicity

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Shang dynasty

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Invented the first Chinese calendar, south-pointing chariots (compass), and discovered the magnet

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Huangdi

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Also known as Yin dynasty, after the name of its second capital

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Shang dynasty

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Considered a legendary dynasty by many scholars but archeological evidence points to its historicity

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Xia dynasty

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Buried children in painted pottery jars

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Yangshao

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Neolithic culture from 5000-3000 BCE

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Yangshao

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May represent leaders of allied tribes who established unified and hierarchical governments

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Yao

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Renowned for his modesty and filial piety

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Shun

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Founded the legendary Xia dynasty

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Emperor Yu

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Dynastic period (2205-1766 BCE)

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Xia dynasty

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Abandoned the tradition of giving the throne to the most deserving by anointing his son, Qi

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Emperor Yu

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An Emperor, who was corrupt and evil, was overthrown by Tang

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Emperor Jie

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Founder of the Shang dynasty

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Tang

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Dynastic period (1766-1222 BCE)

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Shang dynasty

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Considered as ancestor of all Han Chinese

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Huangdi

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Grandson of Huangdi who helped create a unified calendar and contributed to astrology

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Zhuanxu

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Produce hand-made red, white, and black pottery adorned with human facial, animal and geometric designs

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Yangshao

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Agriculture was based on either slash and burn farming or irrigated farming

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Yangshao

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Inventor of writing, fishing, and hunting (trapping); instituted marriage, offered the first sacrifices to heaven, and originated the I Jing

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Fuxi

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Divine Emperors were succeeded by the Five Emperors. Who were the Five Emperors?

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Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Ku, Yao, and Shun

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Known as China’s Bronze Age because of its sophisticated and beautifully worked bronze vessels

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Shang dynasty

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Capital of Shang dynasty

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Its capital was at Zhengzhou and later at Yin

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Yin were surrounded by massive rammed earth walls up to _____ thick

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55 feet

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During Shang dynasty, society was ruled by ___

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Wealthy and powerful ruling class

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Practiced animism; worshipped the sun, moon, wind, and other forces of nature in rituals led by the king to guarantee agricultural prosperity

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Shang dynasty

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Used as a fabric

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Silk

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Ensured a steady supply of silk

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Sericulture

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Used bows and arrows with bronze heads, and horse-drawn chariots

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Shang army

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Dynastic period (1122-221 BCE)

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Zhou dynasty

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Rulers of a border kingdom under the Shang but was recognized by other feudal states as a heir to the Shang

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Zhou dynasty

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Commenced China’s feudal age

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Zhou dyansty

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Longest period in the dynastic age

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Zhou dynasty

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