FL R1 Flashcards

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China

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9,600,000 sq km
62° longtitude
49° latitude

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Was the first dynasty to rule china

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Xia dynasty

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Founded the xia dynasty after the downfall of the previous emperors from the era of 3 sovereigns and 5 emperor

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Emperor yu the great

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The xia dynasty only consisted of how many emperor?

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3

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5
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Came to power in 2194 BC

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Yu the great

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Son of yu the great and the successor in 2146 BC

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Qi of xia

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The first emperor of xia dynasty

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Tai kang

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What happened to tai kang?

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Drowned in a lake that brought about the downfall of xia dynasty in 2117 BC

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What culture dominated china from the time period between 2100 and 1400 BC

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Erlitou culture

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Who founded the shang dynasty

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Pan Geng

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When was the capital of china moved from Zhengzou to Yinxu?

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1398 BC

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Who is regarded as the most brilliant statesman and military leaders of ancient china?
He followed Pan Geng

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Wu Ding

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What year did the Shang dynasty ended

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1046 BC

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What year did the shang dynasty ended

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1046

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The 2 most notable emperor of shang dynasty were

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Emperor Di Yi & emperor King Zhou

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Was founded in 1122 BC and eventually branchout to western and eastern dynasties?

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Zhou Dynasty

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Believed to be the longest ruling dynasty of china

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Zhou dynasty

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The Zhou Dynasty introduced what in Chinese society

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Iron

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Was officially researched and developed during the Zhou dynasty

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Bronze ware

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2 very important schools of thought, came to being during Zhou dynasty

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Taoism & confucianism

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The Zhou dynasty ended in what BC?
Then what began in china ?

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250 BC
Age of imperialism

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When did the Imperial Age began in china

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361 BC

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Who founded the Qin dynasty

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Xiao Of Qin

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Was a period were many important reformations took place in china

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Was a statesman in Qin dynasty and initiated the most important reformation
Shang Yang
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The reformation that Shang Yang undertook helped the Qin dynasty to change into a what?
Centralized and militarily powerful nation
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This period ( Qin dynasty ) of time is also termed as the
Warring states period
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The first important event was the
Construction of great wall of china
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The construction of great wall of china began in ___ to ward off the xiongnu attacks
220 BC
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2nd important event was
The world's oldest contour canal, Lingqu canal
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Lingcu canal was engineered by who & when?
Shi Liu in 214 BC
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Next most significant dynasty
Ming dynasty
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Was one of the most prosperous periods of china
Ming dynasty's rule
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Was considered as the most successful dynasties to rule china due to several factors
Ming dynasty
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Started the construction of china's uniform army that was segregated according to the task of its personnel
Ming dynasty
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Also saw the construction of a disciplined navy for the chinese coast
Ming dynasty
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The dynasty was successful in setting up a defence force of more than a million personnel
Ming dynasty
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Successfully restored the great canal and the great wall
Ming dynasty
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The most valued contribution of ming dynasty
Forbidden city
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Was the longest standing capital in the nation's long history
Forbidden city
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The concepts of agricultural surplus, self-sufficiency of food grains and systems of militarized courier were developed
Reign of empero hongwu
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In what century did the ming dynasty started their trade with european power
16th century
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4 great inventions of ancient china
Paper Gunpowder Printing Compass
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One of the most famous ancient philosopher
Confucius
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An influential chinese thinker who had a great impact on chinese, korean, japanese and vietnamese lifestyle
Confucius
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His philosophy emphasized personal and government morality
Confucius
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His thought were developed into a system of philosophy called
Confucianism
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Considered as the father of chinese taoism
Lao Tzu
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Ancient philosophy that advocates living a simple life.
Taoism
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He is said to have lived in 6th century BC, according to ancient chinese history
Lao tzu
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One of the famous women in china who lived around 500 BC
Xi Shi
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She was one of the 4 great beauties of china
Xi Shi
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She was successful in her task and then she withdrew herself from public life
Xi Shi
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Also known as shiao wen
Empress dou
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Was the wife of emperor wen of the western han
Empress dou
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She could create an era of peace and tranquility in her husband's empire of western han
Empress dou
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Was the leader of the chinese nationalist party which become know as the kuomintang party
Chiang kai shek
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Known as the father of revolution
Sun yat sen