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Imperial China Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Dynasty | is a sequence of rulers from the same family. |
Yuan Dynasty | was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan. |
Song Dynasty | was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan dynasty. |
Tang Dynasty | was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. |
Ming Dynasty | was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. |
missionaries | a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country. |
Zheng He | was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty. |
Cultural Diffusion | how a religion or culture spreads throughout the world. |
ethnocentism | is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. |
Mongols | are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. |
Marco Polo | was a Venetian merchant traveler. |
Maritime Trade | is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law. |
Trade Routes | one of the sea-lanes ordinarily used by merchant ships. |
Silk Road | was a network of trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce. |
Urbanization | is the process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs. |
Commerce/trade | an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries. |
Stable food supply | means there is enough food for all of the people all the time. |
Agriculture | science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. |
Foreigners | a person born in or coming from a country other than one's own. |
Traditional economy | is an original economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods and the services the economy produces, as well as the rules and manner of their distribution. |
Scholar-officals | were civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance. |
Meritocracy | government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. |
Imperial | of or relating to an empire. |
Confucius | a Chinese philosopher of the sixth century b.c.; the founder of Confucianism. |
Aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. |
Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
Civil Service Exams | are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service. |
Market economy | |
Mixed economy | |
Command economy | |
Mandate of Heaven |
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