HIST-G 101 Lecture 10: HIST-G101 Midterm Study Summary Sheet
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Part one - key events , people , intuitions , ideas and beliefs. Idea that there could only be one legitimate ruler of china at a time and that this ruler has the blessings of the gods. Zhou dynasty used this mandate to justify their overthrow of the shang and their subsequent rule. ] Qin empire connected the previously built walls and built the great. Han empire expanded the scale of the great wall as its territory expanded. This was against the enemy - xiongnu ( confederation of nomadic people. Way of life by confucius in the 6th-5th century bc. System of social and ethical and philosophy rather than a religion. Perfect society : everyone fulfills their social roles - mutual obligation of a hierarchal sort. External behaviour - internal moral virtue - gentlemen. Not a religion and it has nothing to do with ying-yang or fengshui. Dao ( the way) - a natural order , flow of the universe.
