Vocab Flashcards

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Dynasty

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Family or line of rulers

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Dynastic Cycle

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The theory is that each dynasty rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then loses the Mandate of Heaven and then falls to be replaced by a new dynasty

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Mandate of Heaven

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Established idea that the ruler must have approval of the gods. The people believed natural disasters, famines, and astrological signs were signals the emperor/dynasty were losing the Mandate of Heaven

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