Ancient China

Analects

The collected sayings and teachings of Confucius.

Bronze Age

(3300-1200 B.C.) time when people made weapons and tools from bronze.

Calligraphy

artistic form of ancient Chinese writing.

Confucius

Influential ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher.

dynasty

a ruling family.

Great wall

military fortification built to stop other people from invading China.

Huang River Valley

area surrounding the Huang River in China.

jade

hard, green-colored stone used in carving.

Landscape

a painting of a natural scene

Loess

yellowish soil from the Gobi Desert

Oracle bones

animal bones used for predicting the future.

Pictograph

a picture that stands for a word.

Shang Dynasty

first dynasty in China.

Taoism

ancient Chinese phiosophy

Terracotta Army

collection of seven thousand life-sized sculptures made from pottery in the tomb of Shi Huangdi.

Wattle and daub

building technique using wood and soil utilized by the ancient Chinese.

Zhou Dynasty

(1046-256 B.C.) China’s longest dynasty.