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1-15 vocab
1-15 vocab AP history
Term | Definition |
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Tang | The Chinese dynasty that emphasized civil administration, industry, education, and arts instead of the military |
Diocletian | The Roman emperor who attempted to stop decline by dividing the empire into 2 halves, each ruled by 2 tetrachs |
Ashoka | 3rd ruler of the Maryann empire in india (270-232 BCE.) He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving wirting |
Tang tribute system | China was recognized as the overlords of the surrounding lands, and envoys from these lands would deliver gifts to the court and kowtow before the emperor |
Alexander the great | Great Macedonian conqueror who spread Hellenistic culture into an enormous empire before dying to a fever in his 30s |
Taika Reforms | An attempt to remake the japanese monarch an absolute Chinese style emperor |
Yamamoto | Aristocratic family that dominated the japanese imperial court between the 9th and 12th centuries |
Qin | Chinese dynasty whose capital was Chang'an. Known for tribute system, equal field distribution and intro of civil service exams |
Han Wudi | Han warrior and emperor who defeated the Xiongnu, nationalized iron production,and expanded the empire |
Delhi Sultanate | The name for the region and people in the post-classical Muslim-controlled northern india. Spread Islam, |
Confucianism | A Chinese philosophy that stresses love for humanity |
Plato | Greek philosopher and student of Socrates. |
Attila the Han | 5th century nomadic ruler whose forces overran a region from central Asia to central europe. His armies were known for their century and wholesale destruction |
Maurya | Powerful Indian dynasty established in the 4th century B.C following the invasion by Alexander the great. |
Civil Service Exam | A tang-era push towards promoting the emperor's relations and those who were most loyal in their service to the emperor |
Cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one another |
Legalism | Political philosophy espoused by Qin China that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control |
Dome of rock | Muslim shrine containing rock |
Foot-binding | The practice of tying a young girls feet in order to keep them from growning |
Shinto | The ancient indigenous religion of Japan |
Axum | Trading empire from south of Egypt during the post classical era. Controlled trade between Egypt and sub Saharan Africa. |
Infrastructure | The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going. |