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Loose soil that easily carried by wind and rain

Widespread lack of food resulting in hunger

mountain pass with steep rocky sides

dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and Europe

a high mountain plateau in Asia

A large lowland region of eastern China

A river that flows from the Tibetan Plateau across China

the longest river in China

a line of rulers who belong to the same family

animal bones used to predict the future

belief chinese emperors right to rule from gods

the period 475 b.c.--221 b.c. when Zhou empire ended

chinese man who stressed the need to respect tradition

Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism

controler of an empire

a division of land within an empire or country

strict government in china in the 200,s B.C.

Chinese emperor who unified China and who founded the Qin dynasty

A long defensive wall that's 1500 mi long through northern China

a system of beliefs and behavior from teaching of confucius 

n ancient network of overland trade routes that strech to China to Iran

when a dynasty loses the approval of the gods, a new dynasty starts