China Flashcards
1
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HEI in China; Foundations Era
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*Yellow River (Huang He)
2
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Culture in China; Foundations Era
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- oracle bones
- polytheism
- sacrifice
3
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Politics in China; Foundations Era
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- feudal Shang dynasty
* Zhou dynasty - Mandate of Heaven; Tian
4
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Economics in China; Foundations Era
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- rice
* agriculture
5
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Social Structures in China; Foundations Era
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*classes and patriarchy emerge
6
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HEI in China; Classical Era
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- Yellow River (Huang He)
- impacts of city-building and agriculture
- appearance of smallpox and bubonic plague
7
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Culture in China; Classical Era
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- ancestor veneration
- Confucianism - Kong Fuzi; Analects
- Daoism - Laozi
- Mandarin Chinese
- pagodas, Great Wall
- junk (boat)
- Legalism
8
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Politics in China; Classical Era
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- Qin dynasty (Qin Shihuangdi)
- Han dynasty (mandate of heaven)
- frontier nomads (Xiongnu)
- bureaucracy
- tributary system
9
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Economics in China; Classical Era
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- Silk Road
- Indian Ocean trade
- standard currencies, weights, measures
10
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Social Structures in China; Classical Era
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- cities (Chang’an)
- class diversification
- patriarchy (Confucianism)
11
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HEI in China; Post-Classical Era
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- Champa rice
* black death
12
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Culture in China; Post-Classical Era
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- Neo-Confucianism
- diffusion of Buddhism
- gunpowder
- Zen Buddhism
- woodblock printing
- compass
- Forbidden City
13
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Politics in China; Post-Classical Era
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- Sui and Tang dynasties
- Chang’an
- mandate of heaven
- Song dynasty
- Yuan (Mongol) dynasty
- Ming dynasty
14
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Economics in China; Post-Classical Era
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- nomadic pastoralism in the steppe zone
- Grand Canal
- regional trade
- Silk Roads
- Indian Ocean trade
- silk, iron, steel, porcelain industries
15
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Social Structures in China; Post-Classical Era
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- merchant diasporas
* foot binding (patriarchy)
