Ancient China

Under Wudi's rule, children disobeying their parents was a crime.

The first common person to become emperor

He wrote a complete history of all the dynasties through the early Han Dynasty

A political philosophy without religious concerns

The Analects were:

A barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier

The spread of ideas from one culture to another.

Stressed living in harmony with the Dao

The Chinese freely shared the techniques of silk making with its trade partners.

A soft, light, highly valued fabric

Ethics describe how you are related to your ancestors.

Which leader believed in strict rules and that all citizens should do things the same way?

Daoism followers thought the government should control all aspects of people's lives.

Rivers whose annual flooding left rich silt to fertilize the soil

Farmers with small farms

An influential teacher in Chinese history:

The Shang Dynasty was responsible for China's first:

A hard gemstone:

What was the name of the network of routes on which China conducted much of its trade?

People of the highest rank

Zhou leaders believed their rule was determined by heaven.

The practice of inserting fine needles though the skin at points to cure disease or relieve pain.

Types of Chinese poetry:

Rice was an important crop grown in the Chang Jiang.

The Chinese were experts at figure painting what is figure painting?

The first dynasty in which there is clear historical evidence was the Xia from 3000 BC.

A prediction:

The Analects were: