ancient china

ancestor

a person from whom one is desended

oracle

a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

philosopher

a person who seeks wisdom or enlightement; an expounder of a theory in certain areas of experiece.

warlord

a leader of an armed group

missionary

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

peasant

a poor person who lives on and farms the land .

confucius

chinese philosopher administrator and moralist his social and more teachings collected in the analects tried to replace former religious observances.

mandate of heaven

Chinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou to grant power to ruler of china.

ying and yang

the concept that describes two opposing and at the same time complementary aspects of any one phenomenon or the comparison of any two phenomena

legend

a narrative handed down from the past containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

virtue

the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrouh.

loess

a fine grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.

jade

a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

silk road

an ancient trade route between china and the Mediterranean sea extending some 6,440 km and linking china with the Roman empire

huang he

stretches across china for roughly 2,900 miles also known as the yellow river provides yellow slit called loess

chang Jiang

also called the yangtze river strechtches 3,400 miles longest river in asia

dynasty

a powerful family or group of rulers that maintain it position or power for some time

silk

a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae