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