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a heavenly law that grants one the power to rule
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a group of appointed officials responsible for different areas of government
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Characters that stand for objects
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a noble or warlord responsible for small areas of land; handed down land from generation to generation.
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also known as the Yangtze RIver; one of two major rivers in China
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a combination of pictographs that represent an idea
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a line of rulers
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this river is also known as the "Yellow River"
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Shang aristocrat who overthrew the Shang dynasty and established the Zhou dynasty
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the "way"; often followed by Zhou rulers who had been given the "Mandate of Heaven" to rule over the people
