Imperial China Vocabulary

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flat, dry grassland

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steppe

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violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people

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terror

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a ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures

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porcelain

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a long, fictional story

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novel

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a new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius; included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs

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neo-Confucianism

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a count of the number of people in a country

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census

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artistic handwriting

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calligraphy

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uncivilized people

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barbarians

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to bring something back to an original state; to bring something back to an earlier or better condition.

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restore

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of or relating to citizens; relating to the state or government

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civil