Step 2: Explain Why It Matters

Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in world history.

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TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
loess
Anyang
taotie
logographic
Book of Documents
Mandate of Heaven
shi
Book of Songs
Warring States Period
crossbow
ren
filial piety
Dao
Legalists
yin and yang