| A | B |
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| loess | yellow-brown soil |
| dike | a protective wall that controls or holds back water |
| extended family | closely related people of several generations |
| Confucius | a chineses philosopher and teacher whose beliefs had a great influence on chinese life |
| philosophy | a system of beliefs and values |
| civil service | the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government |
| Shi Huangdi | a founder of the Qin dynasty and China's first emperor |
| currency | the type of money used by a group or nation |
| Liu Bang | the founder of the Han dynasty |
| Wudi | Chinese emperor who brought the Han dynasty to it's greatest strength |
| warlord | a local leader of an armed group |
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and Europe |
| silk | a valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms |
| Sima Qian | a Chinese scholar, astronomer and historian; author of the most imortant history of ancient China, Historical Records |
