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Strayer Chapter 6

Eurasian Social Hierarchies500 b.c.e. 500 c.e.

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Both systems are used to define social hierarchy.

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Difference between systems ofChinese Class andIndian Caste?The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with lessopportunity for social mobility than in many class-based systems.

Wudi:The Chinese emperor who

started the Chinese civil service

system (pron. woo-dee)

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The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with lessopportunity for social mobility than in many class-based systems.

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The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with lessopportunity for social mobility than in many class-based systems.

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Difference between systems ofChinese Class andIndian Caste?The caste system defined the social order in terms of religious ideasabout the creation of the universe more explicitly and more closely thanmany class-based systems.

dharma: In Indian belief, performance of the

duties appropriate to an individuals caste;

good performance will lead to rebirth in a

higher caste.

karma: In Indian belief, the force generated

by ones behaviorin a previous life that

decides the level at which an individual will bereborn.

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Ban Zhao:A Chinese woman writer

and court official whose work provides

valuable insight on the position of

women. (pron. bahn joe)

Wudi:Chinese emperor who

started the Chinese civil

service system with an

imperial academy for future

officials. (pron. woo-dee)

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Empress Wu:Theonly female emperor

in Chinese history,

patronized

scholarship, worked

to elevate the

position of women,and provoked a

backlash of

Confucian misogynist

invective.

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scholar-gentry class:

Chinas landowningfamilies, reflecting their

wealth from the land and

the privilege that they

derived as government

officials.

the three obediences: Chinese

Confucian, a woman is permanently

subordinate to male control:

1. Father, 2. Husband, 3. Son.

Yellow Turban Rebellion:A massive Chinese

peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings with

the goal of establishing a new golden age ofequality and harmony.