Ancient Chinese
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Xia Dynasty
Listed as the pre-historic dynasty of China.
Shang Dynasty
The first true Chinese Dynasty
Writing
This is the major Shang contribution that was evidenced by oracle bones.
Qin Shih Huang
He founded the first unified Chinese empire in 221 BCE.
Shih Huang Ti
Name of the emperor that means “The First Soverign Emperor.”
The Chinese Writing System
This is what Qin unified, aside from unifying territory.
Burning of the Books
Qin policy destroyed this non-legalist and pre-Qin literature.
Han Dynasty
This dynasty followed the Qin and restored strength and prosperity.
Wu Di or Wu Ti
He is the Han ruler that marked the
The Silk Road
The trade route that Wu Ti seek to control.
Tribute Sytem
The diplomatic-economic agreement that the Han strengthened.
Paper, proto-porcelin, primitive seismograph
The inventions or technologies of Han China.
Period of Disunion
The long era of fragmentation that followed Han's collapse?
Wu, Wei, and Han
The three kingdoms that were named after the fall of the Han dynasty.
Sui Dynasty
The short dynasty that rebuilt canals and part of the Great Wall before collapsing?
Tang Dynasty
The dynasty that ruled a pan-Asia empire from Korea toward Persia.
Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity
The religion that entered China during the Tang Dynasty, besides Buddhism.
Civil service examinations
The exam system that expanded under Sui and Tang dynasty.
Song Dynasty
The dynasty that is divided into Northern and Southern phases.
Gentry
The social class of landed scholar-officials that became important in Song China.
Neo Confucianism
The major intellectual movement that revived Confucian thought in Song China
Zhu Xi
The most influential Neo-Confucian thinker of the Song
Yuan Dynasty
The dynasty that was founded by the Mongols.
Ming Dynasty
The dynasty that was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu)
Manchus
They are the non-Han people who founded the Qing.
System of Dual Appointee
The system that .paired a Han Chinese appointee with a Manchu overseer