Unit 2, Developing Chinese Civilizations

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a type of government ruled by members of noble or wealthy families

aristocratic

method or practice of attempting to foretell the future

divination

symbols used in some writing systems that directly represent a thing or concept

ideographic

piece of bone used in divination

oracle bone

the latest period of the Stone Age, between 8000-5000 B.C.

Neolithic

a language based on the use of pictures to represent words

pictographic

worshipping many gods

polytheistic