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Huang ho River Valley

A.k.a yellow river


Cradle of chinese civilization


Principal river of northern china


2bd largest river in China


"China's sorrow"

Yellow river delta state nature reserve

Largest wetland in china


Shandong province

Yangshao culture

One of the neolithic villages of huang ho river river that is known for their subterranean houses

Lungshan culture

Black pottery culture

Potter's wheel

Invention of lungshan culture that improved the quality pottery

Kilns

Material used for the pottery of lungshan and yangshao

Millet and rice

Agricultural plant of lungshan

Shang dynasty

The mixture of yangshao and lungshan culture

Shang civilization

Seven walled cities

Center: palace and temple surrounded by public bldgs.; houses of public officials


Outer zone: dug pit houses of artisans and other citizens

Structural organization of cities of shang civilization

Priest-kings

Leader of shang civilization (called)

Chariots and bronze weapons

War tools of shang civilization

King Wu Ding and wife Fu Hao

Remembered for defending shang civilization against invaders

King Wu of Zhou

Killed in last ruler of shang

King Wu

Founded the Zhou dynasty

Nature gods

Belief of Shang civ.

Shang Di

Creator and ruler of the heavens (Shang)

Oracle bones

Used to predict outcome of battles, weathers and even toothaches with the use of patterns of cracks of tortoise carapace.

Oracle bones

First written records of Shang

Stone tools

(shang) if aristocrats: bronze implements; artisan:_________

Silk and porcelain

Material production of Shang

Mandate of Heaven

Used to choose who will be the king of Zhou

Confucianism and taosim

Philosophies that developed during zhou dynasty

Zhou dynasty

During this dynasty that irrigation and dikes were built

Zhou dynasty

Invention of iron plow and crossbow

Qin dyansty

One of the 7 warring state

King Zheng

Leader of Qin Dynasty (name)

Qin Dynasty

Dynasty where unification of China happened

Shih Huangdi

Organization of empire during Qin dynasty that led to centralized authority and assumed the title of _____

Legalism

Philosophy that was institutionalized by Qin Dynasty

Li Si

Shih Huangdi's prime minister

Han Fei and Li Si

Developer of legalism

Qin Dynasty

Dynasty when the great wall was built

Liu Bang

Founder of Han dynasty

Han dynasty

One of the 4 greatest dynasty of China where first civil exams were done

Silk road

Known road for trade that reached Europe via central Asia

Wu Ti

He was the one who extended Han territory to Manchuria, korea, etc. and extended tax collection

400

Years of disunity that followed the fall of Han

Sui Dynasty

Dynasty when buddhism flourished

Yang Jian

He was the one who establised Sui Dynasty

Great Canal

It is the connection of Huang Ho and Yangtze

Chang'an

Former capital of Han that was restored during Sui Dynasty

T'ang dynasty

2nd greatest dynasty of China when people suffered of heavy taxation

Heavy taxation

Used to finance construction and military campaigns in T'ang dynasty

Li Yuan

Founder of T'ang dynasty

Woodblock printer

Invented during T'ang dynasty that made the reproduction of written works easier and faster

Series of rebellion

Cause of fall of T'ang dynasty

Sung dynasty

Considered the 3rd greatest dynasty in Chinese history

General Zhao Kuangyin

Established the Sung dynasty

Natural environment

Landscape paintings and sculpture theme in sung dynasty

Sung dynasty

Invention of gun powder

Neo-confucianism

Philosophy that emerged in sung dynasty

Zhuxi

Founder of Neo-confuciansim

Kublai Khan

Founder of the city of Daidu

Beijing

Modern day name of city of Daidu

Daidu

Capital of Yuan Dynasty

Mongol empire

Daidu is a Foreign dynasty of china bc it is a branch of what empire

Marco polo

Prominent traveler of the silk road

Mongols

Conquerors of China who were excellent warriors and loyal to leaders. They retained Chinese traditions

Zhu Yuanzhang

Defeated the mongols and founded Ming dynasty

Ming dynasty

Dynasty when maritime trade expanded

Admiral Zheng He

Chinese who explored southeast asia, south asia, persian gulf and east africa

Nurhaci

He was the one who led manchus from the northeastern frontier who unified the Jurchen tribes

Kang Xi

His reign was the longest of any Chinese emperor

High Qing

The Qing dynasty reached the zenith of its social, economic, and military power

Pilgrim flask

Porcelain w underglaze blue and iron-red decoration

Xinhai revolutin of 1991

The qing dynasty was overthrown by??

Hanzhou

Capital of Sung