Jackson Final: the dynasties and some other stuff
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- (2nd) Zhou
- Chinese dynasty: PHILOSOPHY, feudalism, Warring States Period, arts
- (6th) Tang
- Chinese dynasty: prosperous, splendid palaces
- (1st) Shang
- Chinese dynasty: bronze, anyang, human sacrifice, warfare
- Slavic
- people from Eastern Europe are called this:
- nirvana
- Hinduism and Buddhism: the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
- Oprichnina
- secret police set up by Ivan IV
- Caucasus Region
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
- (3rd) Qin
- Chinese dynasty: agriculture, military, UNIFICATION, great wall, standardization, suppression of thought
- Chernobyl
- cite of nuclear meltdowns in Russia
- (7th) Song
- Chinese dynasty: literature, movable type, gunpowder GOLDEN AGE
- Ganges
- most sacred river in India
- Unwilling members of Soviet Union
- Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
- suttee
- the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
- (8th) Yuan
- Chinese dynasty: MONGOL ruled, Kublai Khan
- (5th) Sui
- Chinese dynasty: The grand canal
- (9th) Ming
- Chinese dynasty: embryo of modern China, Forbidden City is erected
- (4th) Han
- Chinese dynasty: silk road, Buddhism, paper
- Eightfold Path
- in Buddhism a set of guidelines on how to escape suffering
- (10th and Last) Qing
- Chinese dynasty: foreign invaders, internal strife, Opium Wars, Taiping Movement, Boxer Rebellion, PUYI is last emperor
- ahimsa
- non-violence towards all things
- purdah
- seclusion of women in Indian society
- Shiva
- A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world.
- Harijans
- untouchables
- Dissident
- rebel (Russia)