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Title

H2P final 4

Description

Silk road and Great Wall

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Subject

History

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

12/13/2010

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Changan

Definition

large city in western China, eastern terminus of silk road, cosmopolitan

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Meng Tian

Definition

general of Qin Dynasty, built Great Wall, believed he committed a crime by 'cutting across Earth's arteries'

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rammed earth

Definition

used to build part of Great Wall, process of using raw materials to create wall or building, sustainable but requires lots of labor

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Zhou Dynasty

Definition

longest dynasty in China, introduced use of iron and bronze to China, Confucianism and Daoism followed directly after