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149194710ManchuFederation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire0
149194711daimyoLiterally, great name(s). Japanese warlords and great landowners, whose armed samurai gave them control of the Japanese islands from the 8th and to the later 19th century. Under the Tokugawa Shogunate they were subordinate to the imperial government1
149194712samuraiLiterally "those who serve", the hereditary military elite of the Tokugawa Shogunate2
149194713Tokugawa Shogunate1600-1868; The last of the three shogunates of Japan3
149194714Ming Empire1368-1644; Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. One emperor, Yongle, sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. The later years of the empire saw a slowdown in technological development and economic decline4
149194715Qing EmpireEmpire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times this empire also controlled Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The last emperor was overthrown in 19115
149194716Kangxi1654-1722; Qing emperor. He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire6
149194717Amur RiverThis river valley was a contested frontier between northern China and eastern Russia until the settlement arranged in Treaty of Nerchinsk7
149194718Macartney Mission1792-1793; The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire8
149194719Muscovy1276-1598; Russian principality that emerged gradually during the era of Mongol domination.9
149194720Ural MountainsThis north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia10
149194721tsarFrom Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III11
149194722SiberiaThe extreme northeastern sector of Asia, including the Kamchatka Peninsula and the present Russian coast of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Strait, and the Sea of Okhotsk12
149194723CossacksPeoples of the Russian Empire who lived outside the farming villages, often as herders, mercenaries, or outlaws. They led the conquest of Siberia in the 16th and 17th centuries13
149194724serfsIn Russia some of these people worked as artisans and in factories; serfdom was not abolished there until 186114
149194725Peter the Great1672-1725; Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg15

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