Ancient China
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- erosion
- the gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, glaciers, or water
- famine
- a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation
- loess
- a fine, yellow soil that is easily carried by wind and rain, found in China
- steppe
- a dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe
- levee
- a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding
- Fu Hao
- a Chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her time and life
- dynasty
- a line of rulers who belong to the same family
- North China Plain
- a large, lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang River; birthplace of Chinese civilization
- Huang River
- a river that flows from the Tibetan pleateau, across northern China, and into the Yellow Sea
- noble
- a member of a ruling family or one of high rank
- oracale bones
- in anceint China, a cattle or sheep bone used to predicate the future
- Anyang
- the ancient Chinese capital of the Shang Dynasty