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the belief that people should give up worldly desires in favor of nature and the Dao; people should be concerned with obtaining a long life and living in harmony with nature

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Daoism

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Group of non-elected (appointed) officials who are responsible for different areas of government.

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bureaucracy

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The Yellow River, it flows across China for more than 2,900 miles.

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Huang He

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formal order by the gods (the right to rule)

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mandate

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symbols, or characters, that join two or more pictographs to represent a thing or an idea

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ideograph

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the belief that people should put the needs of their family and community first; based on the teachings of Confucius

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Confucianism

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Nobles whose wealth came from the land they owned

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aristocrat

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The Yangtze River flows for 3,400 miles and empties into the Yellow Sea

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Chang Jiang

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symbols, or characters, that represent pictures

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pictograph

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What is the term for the concept where children had to respect their parents and older relatives and place the needs/desires of the head of the family before their own?

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filial piety