Ancient Chinese Civilizations-World History Chapter 4

Ancient chinese civilization terms

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Loess
Fertile yellow soil.
Animism
Belief that spirits inhabit everything.
Dialects
Variations of a language.
Calligraphy
Chinese art of writing.
Autocracy
Government in which the ruler holds absolute power.
Yin and Yang
Is female, dark, and passive. Is male, bright, and active.
Confucius
A leaking philosopher of the period was confucios.
Laozi
Founded the philosophy appeared.
Genealogy
Record of a family history.
Five Classes
Texts used to train scholars and civil servants in ancient china.