Ancient Civilizations and Concepts

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satrap

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A governor of a province in the Persian Empire.

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Royal Road

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A road in the Persian Empire, stretching over 1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia.

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filial piety

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Respect shown by children for their parents and elders.

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bureaucracy

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a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government.

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yin and yang

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In Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life.

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Qin Dynasty

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A short-lived Chinese dynasty that replaced the Zhou Dynasty in the third century B.C.

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autocracy

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a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner.