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12.3 test
Question | Answer |
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Yi dynasty | Korean dynasty founded in 1392 when Koreans drove out the Mongols; lasted until Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910. |
Shoguns | chief military and governmental officer in feudal Japan. |
Sui dynasty | Despite their accomplishments, however, the Sui dynasty did not last. |
Tang dynasty | The Tang rulers made contact with India and with the Muslim Empire to the south and the west. |
Genghis Khan | The fiercest Mongol leader of all time was Genghis Khan, who lived from about 1162 to 1227. |
Zen Buddhism | Zen Buddhism stressed meditation as a means to enlightenment |
diamond sutra | world's first known printed book, a Buddhist text produced in China in A.D. 868. |
Shinto | "Way of the kami"; indigenous religion of Japan involving rituals and prayers to appease nature spirits, and veneration of the emperor. |
Ashikaga | family of shoguns who ruled in Japan for nearly 250 years. |
Bushido | The samurai followed a code of behavior called Bushido. This means the "way of the warrior." |
Batu | Another grandson of Genghis Khan, Batu, invaded Europe around 1240. |
daimyo | or "great names," gained great power. |
sejong | During the 1400s the emperor Sejong ordered the development of a Korean alphabet. |