pictographic characters grouped together to grow new concepts; typical of Chinese writing first Chinese dynasty for which archaeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe seafaring civilization located on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean the exclusive worship of a single God; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization warrior strongman-founder of the brief Qin dynasty established at the end of the Warring states period following the decline of the Zhou dynasty; founded by Shi Huangdi an individual should seek a way to relate to his harmony, avoiding excess and appreciating the balance between the opposites; philosophy associated with the Laozi; stressed need for alignment with Dao or cosmic force Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Win used for next 400 years; collapsed in early 3rd century originally a vassal family of Shang China; possibly Turkic in origin; overthrew the Shang and established second historical Chinese dynasty sequence of rulers considered members of the same family of kings

1. Ideographic

pictographic characters grouped together to grow new concepts; typical of Chinese writing

2. Shang

first Chinese dynasty for which archaeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe

3. Phonecians

seafaring civilization located on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean

4. Monotheism

the exclusive worship of a single God; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization

5. Shi Huangdi

warrior strongman-founder of the brief Qin dynasty

6. Qin

established at the end of the Warring states period following the decline of the Zhou dynasty; founded by Shi Huangdi

7. Dao

an individual should seek a way to relate to his harmony, avoiding excess and appreciating the balance between the opposites; philosophy associated with the Laozi; stressed need for alignment with Dao or cosmic force

8. Han

Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Win used for next 400 years; collapsed in early 3rd century

9. Zhou

originally a vassal family of Shang China; possibly Turkic in origin; overthrew the Shang and established second historical Chinese dynasty

10. Dynasty

sequence of rulers considered members of the same family of kings