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Chapter 20; Sec. 1

Asian Empires

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HUANG HE VALLEY PLACE WHERE CHINESE CIVILIZATION BEGAN 4,000 YEARS AGO.
DYNASTY HOW CHINA RULED ITSELF UNTIL THE EARLY 1900S. A LINE OF RULERS FROM A SINGLE FAMILY.
CUNFUCIUS LIVED DURING THE ZHOU DYNASTY. HE WAS A PHILOSOPHER WHO SHAPED THOUGHT ABOUT FAMILY. HIS TEACHINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY.
LAOZI PHILOSOPHER WHO HWLPED FIND DAOISM, A WAY OF LIVING IN PEACE AND HARMONY.
BUDDHISM FOUNDED BY SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA. THIS RELIGIONG WAS INTRODUCED IN INDIA. HAS INFLUENCED EAST ASIA FOR MANY CENTURIES.
SILK ROAD LARGE TRADING NETWORK FROM CHINA TO SOUTHWEST ASIA. HAS ENCOURAGED CONTACT WITH OTHER AREAS & GOODS & IDEAS WERE EXCHANGED.
RICE FARMERS WERE ABLE TO GROW MORE (of this grain) DUE TO NEW WATERWAYS BUILT UNDER THE TANG & SONG RULERS. GREAT AMOUNTS OF FOOD HELPED MORE PEOPLE. THIS INCREASED THE POPULATION IN CHINA.
MARCO POLO EUROPEAN TRAVLER FROM VENICE, ITALY, WHO VISITED CHINA AND WAS ON MANY FACT FINDING TRIPS BY THE MONGOL RULER. HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES.
CENSUS A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN AREA.
FORBIDDEN CITY MING BUILT THIS CITY UNDER THE CAPITAL, BEIJING. IT HAD AMNY PALACES AND GARDENS. ONLY TOP OFFICIALS COULD ENTER. EMPERORS HAD LIVED HERE FOR 500+ YEARS.
YAMATO DYNASTY JAPAN'S CLANS UNITED UNDER THE (this)DYNASTY IN THE 1400S. THIS DYNASTY'S RULERS ADOPTED MANY CHIESE WAYS SUCH AS WRITINGS & ART.
SHINTO NATIVE RELIGION OF JAPAN. IT BLENDED WITH BUDDHISM.
MINAMOTO YORITOMO FIRST MILITARY LEADER OF JAPAN AFTER ARMIES OF LOCAL NOBLES BEGAN FIGHTING FOR CONTROL IN THE 1800S.
SHOGUN ANOTHER NAME FOR A MILITARY LEADER IN JAPAN. STAYED IN POWER TILL THE LATE 1800S.
SAMURAI SUPPORTED THE SHOGUN. THEY WERE OFTEN REWARDED WITH LAND. THEY WERE FIERCE WARRIORS WITH EXCELLENT SWORD FIGHTING SKILLS.
KHMER PEOPLE WHO FOUNDED AN EMPIRE IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA. THEY BECAME WEALTHY FROM GROWING RICE.
ANGKOR WAT A TEMPLE BUILT BY THE KHMER PEOPLE. IT WAS BASED ON INDIAN & LOCAL DESINGS. IT WAS SERVED AS A HINDU TEMPLE AND ROYAL TOMB.
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