Early China Vocab

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a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area

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warlord

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a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility

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aristocrat

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a person that someone is descended from

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ancestor

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a symbol in a writing system based on pictures

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pictograph

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a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea

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ideograph

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a group of non-elected government officials

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bureaucracy

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having title or possession by reason of birth

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hereditary

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the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods

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Mandate of Heaven

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a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius

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Confucianism

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a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature

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Daoism