The practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit.

• Yasa

• Bureaucracy

• Civil Service System

• Gunpowder

Emperor

• Muslim Ruler.

• Mongol Ruler.

• Supreme ruler of an empire.

• Wooden Ruler.

Khan

• Mongol Ruler.

• Muslim Ruler.

• Wooden Ruler.

• Character in Star Trek.

Religion starting in India and going to China in the 500's. IT states that happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.

• Christianity.

• Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

• Buddhism.

• Confucianism.

The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.

• Daoism.

• Islam.

• Norse mythology.

• Confucianism.

The trading passage from China to the Mediterranean.

• Route 66.

• The Mediterranean Sea.

• Silk Road.

• The Middle Passage.

Chinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors.

• Confucianism.

• Daoism.

• Atheism.

• The Call of Cthulu.

To retreat from society and live in harmony with nature.

• Daoism.

• Islam.

• Yellow Springs, Ohio.

• The Mongols.

Rise and Fall of Chinese Dynasties.

• Historical pattern.

• C'est la vie (such is life).

• Vicious cycle.

• Dynastic Cycle.

A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time.

• Emperors

• Kingship

• Hereditary

• Dynasty