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Topic 7

TermDefinition
archipelago a chain of islands
Bushido "the way of the warrior," the strict code that Japanese samurai were supposed to live by
cavalry soldiers who fight on horseback
civil service the administrative part of the government in which jobs are determined by a competitive exam
daimyo heads of noble families in Japan who controlled large amounts of land and hired samurai for protection
Neo-Confucianism a revised type of Confucianism that blended Buddhist and Daoist ideas
samurai Japanese warriors similar to knights in medieval Europe
Shinto the Japanese state religion
shogun a powerful military leader in Japan
scholar-gentry in China, a group of people who controlled most of the land and produced most of the candidates for the civil service
Sui Dynasty Chinese dynasty from 581-618, united China after years of chaos and built the Grand Canal
Tang Dynasty Chinese dynasty from 618-907
Song Dynasty Chinese dynasty from 960-1279
Yuan Dynasty Chinese dynasty from 1279-1368
Kamakura Shogunate Ruled Japan from 1192-1333
Grand Canal Man-made waterway that connected the two main rivers in China north to south
Kublai Khan Grandson of Genghis Khan that established the Yuan Dynasty in China
Minamoto Yoritomo Warlord who united Japan under the Kamakura Shogunate
compass, steel swords, paper money, gunpowder Key inventions from medieval China
Mongols groups of clans from Central Asian steppes united by Genghis Khan in 1206
khanates the four areas that the Mongol Empire broke into after Genghis Khan's death
Fujiwara clan that took power in Japan in 622
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