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- Wang Chong
- was a scientist that believed the comits and eclipses were not there to show how angry heaven was w/ them but just there for science reasons. he believed that nothing scientific shuld be accepted w/out proof.
- Sati
- virtuous woman. lay across dead husband and both get burned together. it wiped out both you and your husbands sins.
- Monopoly
- exclusive control or possession of something
- Daoism
- the founder was Loazi or old master. was not concerned w/ bringing order to human affairs but they sought to live in peace and harmony
- Warlord
- military leaders who run a government
- Expansionism
- the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
- Analects
- in this confucius's students wrote down his sayings after he died
- Joint Family
- in which parents, children, grandchildren, uncles and their offspring shared a common dwelling. this was ussaly only acheived by the wealthy.
- Shi Huangdi
- a man named Zheng proclaimed himself this and it means 1st emperor.
- Ban Zhao
- this was a woman who wrote a book " a lesson for women" and believed that men and women are equel and should have the same chance at education.
- Legalism
- b/c of the emphisis on law Hanfeizi's teachings became known as this
- Acupuncture
- a traditional Chinese medical practice whereby the skin is punctured with needles at specific points for therapeutic purposes which is done only by highly trained practitioners.
- Filial Piety
- respect for parents
- Great Wall
- was a wall that Shi Huangdi hired many people to build. was supposed to keep invaders out. even though alot of times the enemy got in to china today it is one of their most importent symbols.
- Philosophy
- systems of ideas
- Untouchable
- they were the lowest caste. life was harsh and restricted. they got "impure" jobs such as digging graves, cleaning streets, and turnig animal skins into leather. people believed that they spreaded pollution and had to be kept apart. they had to wear a bell around themselves to warn people they were coming.
- Wudi
- the most famous Han emperor who followed the policy of Expansionism
- Shakti
- a creative energy that men don't have. in a marrige a womens shakti was to make the man complete. it might have also been a destructive force.
- Dowry
- payment to the bridegroom which commonly came from the brides side of the family.
- Silk Road
- linked China to the west. it was calld this name b/c they sent the prized fabric of the time on this road which was silk. it eventually linked China to the fertile creasent in southwester asia.
- Gao Zu
- during the Han dynasty the emperor Liu Bang took this title.