Ancient China

Analects

The collected saying and teaching of Confucius

Bronze Age

(3300_1200 B.C.) time when people made weapons and tools from Bronze

Calligraphy

Artistic from of ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher

Confucius

Influential ancient Chines teaching and philosopher

Dynasty

A ruling family

Great Wall

Military Fortification built to stop other people from invading China

Huang River Valley

Area surruonding 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 philosophy

Terracotta Army

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

Wattle And daub

Buliding technique using wood and soil utilized by the ancient Chinese

Zhou Dynasty

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