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History and Governments of East Asia and Southeast Asia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dynasty | line of rulers from a single family that holds power for a long time |
| porcelain | high-quality kind of pottery that can be very thin and is covered with a shiny coating |
| census | a count of the number of people living in an area or country |
| novel | long fictional story |
| shogun | military leader who ruled Japan in early times |
| samurai | powerful land-owning warrior in Japan |
| sphere of influence | an area of a country where a single foreign power has been granted exclusive trading right |
| free port | place where goods ca be unloaded, stored, and shipped again without payment of import taxes |
| emerge | to become known |
| dominate | control |