Ancient China

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  1. 3. An ancient trade route between Europe and China
  2. 9. warm, wet
  3. 12. dry
  4. 14. First civilization in China. Made good bronze work and created China's first writing system
  5. 17. founder of the Han dynasty
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  1. 1. a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source
  2. 2. Important crop and part of Chinese climate
  3. 4. Chinese philosopher and teacher; his beliefs,known as Confucianism greatly influenced Chinese life
  4. 5. statues that represented Shi Huangdi's real army, protected him in the afterlife
  5. 6. A valuable cloth first made in China
  6. 7. yellow-brown soil
  7. 8. imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy
  8. 10. Conquered the Shang. Ruled for almost 1000 years
  9. 11. the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall
  10. 13. China's longest river
  11. 15. aka Yellow River. Muddiest river in the world and caused many deaths
  12. 16. a wall to defend China from barbarians from the North