ancient china

analects

the collected sayings and teachings of confucius

Bronze age

3300-1200 BC time when people made weapons and tools from bronze.

calligraphy

artistic form of ancient Chinese writing

confunius

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 surrr

jade

hard green colored stone used in carving

landscape

a painting of a natural scene

loess

yellowish soil from the gubi desert

oracle bones

animal bones used to predict the future

pictography

a picture that stands for a word

shang dynasty

first dynasty in China

taoism

ancient Chinese philosophy

terracotta army

collection of seven thousand life size sculptures made 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 BC china’s longer dynasty