History: Ancient china
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Silk Road
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trade routes connecting China to Europe
- expanded trade, causing civilizations to flourish
- caused Changan to grow into the largest city in the world
- allowed sharing of ideas
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Five Basic Relationships
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- ruler and subject
- parent and child
- husband and child
- old and young
- friend and friend
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Yin and Yang
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the two opposing forces believed to present in all nature
- yin: cool, dark, submissive, female
- yang: warm, light, aggressive, male
- both elements must be in balance to "be in harmony"
- ethics
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good conduct or moral judgement
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filial piety
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children's respect for their parents
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MANDARINS
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new class of educated civil servants
-controlled govt. during Han until 1900s
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Mandate of Heaven
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heaven's approval
-can lose it by ruling poorly
-used to support rules of rulers/ emperors in Zhou
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Marco Polo
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A Venetian trader from Venice Italy
- wrote a book of his adventures
- wrote a book of his adventures
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Meritocracy
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a system in which peope were chosen and promoted for their talents and performance
- fair, but also unfair
- few boys from poor families could afford time or money for educations.
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Pax Sinica
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a 400-year period of prosperity and stability
- the Chinese Peace
- had an economic policy to prevent food shortages and high prices
- govt. officials had to be recommended, then they had to take a test
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Steppe Peoples
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nomadic hunter living in steppes, fight each other
- Seljuk Turks
- Mongols
- Turkish Mongols
- Timur Lenk
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Superior Man
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- noble character
- educated
- accept things
- demand of yourself
- always do what is right:honest
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Zhou Dynasty
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1100 BC--220 BC
- set up agricultural system where nobles own the land and peasants worked it (like feudalism)
- technological advances: iron plow, crossbow, irrigation system
- zhou china=most densely populated