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| the period from 476 BCE to the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BCE. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, following the Spring and Autumn Period, although the Zhou dynasty itself ended in 256 BCE, 35 years earlier than the end of the Warring States period. As with the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a figurehead. |
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| the ruling Chinese dynasty between 221 and 206 BCE |
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| Qin Shi Huangdi (chin shee HWAHNG-dee) |
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| He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BCE.He ruled until his death in 210 BCE at the age of 50. |
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| was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese culture |
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| was one of the main philosophic schools during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This period (from 770 to 221 BC) was an era of great cultural and intellectual ferment in China, and gave rise to the important Hundred Schools of Thought. |
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| refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts that have influenced East Asia for over two millennia and the West for over two centuries. |
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| was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–265 CE). It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. |
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| Emperor Gao (256 BC or 247 BC–1 June, 195 BC), commonly known inside China by his Temple Name, Gaozu was the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling over China from 202 BC until 195 BC, and one of only a few dynasty founders who emerged from the peasant class |
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| was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in modern day mainland China, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under his reign, as well as the strong and centralized Confucian state he organized |
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| the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
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| was a AD 184 peasant rebellion against Emperor Ling of Han. It is named for the color of the scarves which the rebels wore about their heads. |
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| The Sui Dynasty, founded by Emperor Wen, or Yang Jian, held its capital at Luoyang. It was marked by the reunification of Southern and Northern China and the construction of the Grand Canal, though it was a relatively short Chinese dynasty. |
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| was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li (李) family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. |
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| Buddhism, as traditionally conceived, is a path of liberation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality.[2] It is a religion or spiritual philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha |
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| is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln |
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| the longest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. Starting at Beijing it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou. The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, although the various sections were finally combined into one during the Sui Dynasty (581–618 AD). |
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was the southernmost province of the Chinese Empire. It is now part of present-day Vietnam.[1] The region mostly corresponds to the current Tonkin.
In the 2nd century BCE, what later became Annam was part of the kingdom of Nam Việt, an independent Viet kingdom formed upon the union of Au Lac tribe and the Viet dominion part of Qin Empire after the collapse of the Qin Empire that was nominally subject to the Chinese Han Empire |
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| Shinto is a religion in where practice (actions) and ritual, rather than words, are of the utmost importance |
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| refers to any state that was subordinate to another in the pre-modern international system. The vassal in these cases was the ruler, rather than the state itself. Being a vassal most commonly implied providing military assistance to the dominant state when requested to do so; it sometimes implied paying tribute, but a state which did so is better described as a tributary state. |
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