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What is exiling?
Empress Wu was often known to do this to her enemies, including her own first son
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What is a concubine?
Wuhou first entered the palace as one of these to the emperor Taizong
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What is a man?
Hatshepsut often portrayed herself as this, in order to seem more like a traditional pharoah
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What is trade?
Compared to previous leaders, both Wuhou and Hatshepsut mostly concentrated on this instead of military expansion
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What is Korea?
Empress Wu led a very successful attack that expanded China’s rule into this country
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What are hieroglyphics?
Little was known about the true Hatshepsut since almost all records were written by her in this ancient Egyptian writing system
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What is an empress?
By marrying the first heir of emperor Taizong, Wuhou claimed this title
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Who is Amon/Amun?
Hatshepsut claimed that she was the descendant of this god, chief of all other Egyptian gods
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What is social standing/class?
Empress Wu chose officials based on competence rather than this, like if they came from a noble family
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What is the Silk Road?
Wuhou re-opened this trade route which helped China to become the wealthiest nation of the time
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What is a pharoah?
Hatshepsut was an expert at manipulating what people knew about her, using that to become the third and longest-reigning female this
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Who was Thutmose I?
Hatshepsut was the oldest daughter of this pharoah with the same name as her half brother/husband?
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What are spies?
Empress Wu established a secret network of these that would report any rebellions within the empire directly to her
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Who is Senenmut?
Hatshepsut handpicked her court officials, including this man who was her closest associate
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What is agriculture?
This, meaning the practice of farming and cultivation of crops, reached an all time high during Wuhou’s reign
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Who was Gaozong?
Suspected of killing her firstborn daughter, Wuhou instead blamed it on this emperor’s wife and concubine
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What is a consort?
After Hatshepsut’s husband took the throne, she became his this, helping him make decisions
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What is the Maitreya?
Wuhou claimed that she was the reincarnation of this “futuristic” figure within Buddhism
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What is bureaucracy?
Wuhou promoted this system of governing where decisions are made by state officials who are chosen instead of elected
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What is Punt?
Hatshepsut led a very succesfful trade expedition to this land off the southern coast of the Red Sea
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Who were the elder statesmen?
These were a group of government officials that opposed Wuhou’s rise to the throne, so she decided to get rid of them
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Who was her nephew/ step-son?
Hatshepsut made all political decisions for this family member since he was an infant at the time, before she named herself pharoah 7 years later
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What are Zetian characters?
Empress Wu even created new Chinese letters called these in an attempt to make sure she was remembered by the people
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What is the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut launched an unusually massive construction project, building this astounding monument to immortalize her reign
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What is an obelisk?
Hatshepsut constructed enormous temples for Egyptian gods, one of them with this type of tall, pointed structure out front
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