CSET Subtest I

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Chinese rivers

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Yangtze River (Long River) and Yellow River (Huang He)

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First 5 Chinese periods

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1) Shang - Myth of Xia dynasty
2) Zhou - Mandate of Heaven, Lang Tzu (Taoism)
3) Warring states - Confucius and Shang Yang (legalism)
4) Qin - Qin Shi Huangdi, legalism, terracotta warriors, reunited China
5) Han - Emperor Wen, classical period, adopted Confucian principles

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First civilization

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Sumer, city state of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia 3000 BCE - 612 BCE, cuneiform, invented the wheel, epic of Gilgamesh, Ziggurats

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Akkadian Empire

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2350 BCE - 2150 BCE,
First known empire,
established by Sargon of Akkad,

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Hammurabi

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Akkadian Empire, code of Hammurabi, stele of Hammurabi, ruled from the city-state Babylon

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Nebuchadnezzar

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King of Neo-Babylonian/Assyrian Empire, Hanging gardens of Babylon, captured and transported jewish Israelites during Babylonian Captivity after besieging Jerusalem and breaking the Kingdom of Judah

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Indus Valley Civilization innovations

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§  A sewer plumping system

§  Zero

§  Early form of Hinduism

§  Caste system

§  Iron plow

§  Decimal system

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Hinduism

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§  The Vedas

·       Religious text of the Assyrians, pre-Hinduism

§  Caste System

·       Written about in the Vedas, gives a divine explanation for the caste system

·       4 main castes

o   1) Brahmins – religious personnel

o   2) Kshatriyas – warriors

o   3) Vaisyas – merchants and artisans

o   4) Sudras – laborers and farmers

§  Dharma

·       One’s role in society, often based in their caste

§  Samsara

·       Reincarnation, if you fulfill your dharma you can be reborn into a better caste until you eventually achieve moksha

§  Moksha

·       Release from reincarnation and the material world

§  Karma

·       One becomes virtuous by virtuous action

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Buddhism 4 noble truths

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·       1) All life is suffering

·       2) Desire is the source of all suffering

·       3) To stop suffering one must rid themselves of desire

·       4) To end desire and suffering, one must follow the 8-fold path

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Last four Chinese Dynasties

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§  Yuan (1271 – 1368)

·       Mongolian dynasty

·       Red turban rebellion (1351 – 1368)

§  Ming (1368 – 1644)

·       Great Wall built to keep out Mongolians

§  Qing (1644 – 1911)

·       Manchurian dynasty

·       Canton System (1757 – 1842) mandated that all trade must  be conducted through authorized Chinese merchants to maintain control over foreign trade, a protectionist policy,

·       Opium Wars – 1839-1842, 1856-1860

·       Boxer Rebellion 1899-1900

·       1911 Revolution