heritage
terrace farming
daoism
feudalism
Mandate of Heaven
steppes
dialect
Legalism
Confucianism
loess
dry, treeless grassland
set of ideas passed down from one generation to another
the philosophy of belief that believes in the simple honest life and not interfering with natural events
the belief that the god Tien gave certain people an order to rule
deposits of yellow silt
way of speaking
a way of governing that gave absolute power to one ruler, who governed under strict laws
a system of philosophical teachings founded by Confucius
building a platform on the slopes of hills and mountains and using it to plant and grow rice
political system of exchanging land for loyalty
