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A poor farmer of low social status

• Peasants
• Dynasty
• Centralization
• Gupta Empire

The idea that one should obeying one’s superiors and respect a person’s role in society

• Filial Piety
• Peasants
• Dynasty
• Centralization

A network of land trade routes between China and the Mediterranean

• Silk Road
• Filial Piety
• Peasants
• Dynasty

A government/society where people are chosen based on skill rather than who their parents are

• Meritocracy
• Silk Road
• Filial Piety
• Peasants

A concept that says the government’s legitimacy comes from Heaven

• Mandate of Heaven
• Meritocracy
• Silk Road
• Filial Piety

People who fill out forms in a government

• Bureaucracy
• Mandate of Heaven
• Meritocracy
• Silk Road

A person who turns away from worldly ideas in order to devote themselves to spiritual work

• Monk
• Confucianism
• Bureaucracy
• Mandate of Heaven

An organization of monks

• Monastic organization
• Monk
• Confucianism
• Bureaucracy

A time of peace, prosperity, and intellectual and cultural progress (advancements in the arts & sciences)

• Golden Age
• Monastic organization
• Monk
• Confucianism

A city and its surrounding territory form an independent state (government)

• City-State
• Golden Age
• Monastic organization
• Monk