Ancient Chinese History  Created by wingman97   18 terms   a
unit of an empire   relative who lived in the past; person from
whom one is descended  civil service  practice of government
employment based on competitive examinations and merit  Shang
Dynasty  earliest ruling dynasty known in China  Bronze Age
nickname for the Shang dynasty because of the large amount of
bronze that was used at the time for tools and weapons  Qin
Dynasty  established in 221 BCE at the end of the Waring States
Period; founded by Qin Shi Huangdi; reorganized China into large
provinces; Great Wall was begun  Han Dynasty  A great and long-
lasting rule, it discarded the harsh policies of the Qin dynasty
and adopted Confucian principles. Han rulers chose officials on
merit rather than birth. It was a time of prosperity  Ming
Dynasty  A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-
fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a
great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle
East, and Southeast Asia  Manda