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Post-Classical Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tributary state | countries that recognized Chinese power and had to pay tribute |
| bureau of censors | reported misdeeds to the emperor |
| gentry | wealthy land owners and government officials |
| pagodas | multistory temples with upturned roofs |
| archipelago | chain of islands that make up a nation |
| Uji | clans in Japan |
| Kami | gods and goddesses for each clan |
| Amaterasu | sun goddess that Yamato clan claimed descent from |
| Shinto | religion that worshipped gods of nature; believed spirits were in everything |
| shogun | military general and head of government |
| daimyo | landlords |
| samurai | warriors |
| seppuku | ritual of suicide that samurai's used |
| ieyasu | founder of tokugawa |
| Chanoyu | Japanese tea ceremony |
| Hangul | Korean language based on Chinese characters |
| grand canal | a reason for trade increase in the Tang dynasty |
| mandate of heaven | the idea that a dynasty has a right to rule from God |
| neo Confucianism | new form of confuscianism that lowered women's place |
| foot binding | process in China to make feet smaller by morphing them |
| bushido | code of ethics for samurai |
| tokugawa | ruling family in Japanese feudal period; founded by Ieyasu; time of peace |
| lady murasaki | female Japanese writer |
| japanese feudalism | centralized; military organized |
| zen buddhism | focused on meditation and natural beauty |
| bakufu | military government |
| heian dynasty | capitol at Kyoto; ruled by fujiwara; elegant high class |
| Li Bo | poet in the Tang dynasty and part of the Scholar Gentry |
| Trung Sisters | female revolutionaries who fought against the Chinese |
| Genghis khan | united the mongol tribes |
| khagan | supreme ruler of the mongols |
| kurltai | meeting of the mongol chieftains |
| tumens | unit of 10,000 Mongol soilders |
| golden horde | what russians called the mongols |
| Early Tang economy | equal field system; reopened silk road; markets; buying on credit; paper money; banks |
| Tang and Song achievements | poetry; paintings; movable type; sculpture and architecture; porcelain; abacus; gun powder; wheel barrow; plow; compass; cross bow |
| japanese cultural achievements | noh- drama with masks; haiku- poetry of nature; Judo- martial arts based on control; sumo- wrestling; calligraphy- stylized writing; geisha- entertainment women; kabuki- type of drama with male actors |
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