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| 64426187 | Manchu | Attacked capital city of Beijing. Armies from Manchuria in Northeast. Last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries. | 0 | |
| 64426188 | daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai warriors. Daimyo had own mini kingdom including own castle, land, etc. Japan's largest landowners. | 1 | |
| 64470077 | samurai | Japanese soldiers who served the land owned by the lords (daimyos). | 2 | |
| 64470078 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Military government established by Tokugawa leyasu. Known as "shoguns." Gave Japan more political unity than it had known for centuries. But, the daimyo still had great power and autonomy. A political and economic system that fostered innovation. Govt remained traditionalwhile other segments of society developed methods of productivity and management. | 3 | |
| 64470079 | Ming Empire | 1500-1644 Brilliant economic and cultural achievements. Manufacturers transformed global economy = assembly line porcelain, silk, laquered furniture. Weakness = decades of political weakness, warfare, and rural woes. Weakened borders caused ultimate demise. Manchu warriors (Qing) were asked to help the Ming Empire and evenually took it over. | 4 | |
| 64470080 | Qing Empire | Qing dynasty from Manchuria guided China back to peace and prosperity. The Manchu (Qing) were a very small portion of the Chinese population - they adopted Chinese institutions and policies. | 5 | |
| 64470081 | Kangxi | Emperor Kangxi (1662-1722) was a child emporer who took the throne at age 16. Great expansion of the empire and great stability. Unlike Japanese rulers, Kangxi welcomed Jesuit advisers (Christians) and put them in important offices. | 6 | |
| 64470082 | Amur River | This river valley was a contested frontier between northern China and eastern Russia until the settlement arranged in Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689). | 7 | |
| 64470083 | Macartney Mission | (1792-1793) The unsuccessful attempt by the British Empire to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing Empire. | 8 | |
| 64470084 | Muscovy | becomes capital of Russia during 15th century (area near moscow) where czars lived, was christian., A former principality in west-central Russia. Centered on Moscow, formed the nucleus of the early Russian empire. | 9 | |
| 64470085 | Ural Mountains | mountain rage that divides Europe from Asia | 10 | |
| 64470086 | tsar | From Latin caesar, this Russian title for a monarch was first used in reference to a Russian ruler by Ivan III (r. 1462-1505) | 11 | |
| 64470087 | Siberia | The 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 Okhotsk. | 12 | |
| 64470088 | Cossacks | Peasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particularly in south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements. , free groups and outlaw armies of peasants who fled the tzar and service nobility | 13 | |
| 64470089 | serfs | men and women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection | 14 | |
| 64470090 | Peter the Great | Czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government , (1672-1725) Enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. | 15 |
