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Important Terms (WRITE DOWN THE DEFINITION)

✴ Mandate of Heaven
✴ Silk Road
✴ Confucianism
✴ Legalism
✴ Daoism
✴ Analects
✴ Dynastic Cycle
✴ Qin
✴ The Great Wall
✴ Han
✴ India Caste System
✴ Karma
✴ Hinduism
✴ Buddhism
✴ Maurya
✴ Gupta
✴ Monotheistic
✴ Prophet
✴ Golden Age of Learning

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1. Mandate of Heaven- the idea that a ruler must be just to keep the approval of the gods.

2. Silk road- an ancient trade route that linked the Western world with the Middle East and Asia.

3. Confucianism- a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius.

4. Legalism- excessive adherence to law or formula.

5. Daoism- way of thinking about life.

6. Analects- A collection of excerpts or quotes.

7. Dynastic Cycle- an important political theory in Chinese history

8. Qin- a Chinese stringed instrument related to the zither.

9. The Great Wall- a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads

10. Han- a Chinese dynasty dated 206b.c.–a.d.220 and marked by centralized control through an appointive bureaucracy

11. India Caste System- the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes

12. Karma- the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

13. Hinduism- a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.

14. Buddhism- a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC.

15. Maurya- one of an ancient Indian people that established an empire taking in most of northern India

16. Gupta- from Sanskrit Gupta 'secret', 'protected'.

17. Monotheistic- relating to or characterized by the belief that there is only one God.

18. Prophet- a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

19. Golden Age of Learning- a period of time during which a very high level of achievement is reached in a particular field of activity

Explanation: Hope this helps:)

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