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263115379Mongolspeople of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the tang empire, living as nomads in northern eurasia. after 1206 they established an enormous empire under genghis khan, linking western and eastern eurasia. >(p. 325)0
263115380ManchusFederation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire. (p. 556)1
263115381Forbidden CityThe walled section of Beijing where emperors lived between 1121 and 1924. A portion is now a residence for leaders of the People's Republic of China. (p. 355)2
263115382Qing Kangxigreat emperor of chinese history, tolerant of christians,supported scholars3
263115383son of heavenTitle of the ruler of China, first known from the Zhou dynasty. It acknowledges the ruler's position as intermediary between heaven and earth.4
263115384infanticideact of killing an infant5
263115385Zheng HeAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. (pp. 355, 422)6
263115386Manila galleonsHeavily armed, fast ships that brought luxury goods from China to Mexico and carried silver from Mexico to China.7
263115387"mean people"Category of people identified as ancient chinas lowest social group who performed unskilled labor8
263115388shogunthe head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai9
263115389daimyoa japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai10
263115390Shintothe ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma11
263115391Dutch learningWestern learning embraced by some Japanese in the eighteenth century12
263115392Ming dynastyA major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia13
263115393eunuchscastrated males, originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government, especially in China.14
263115394manchu queuea braid of hair at the back of the head, braided ponytail that Chinese men had to wear during the Manchu Dynasty; differences between Chinese and Manchu15
263115395Qing Qianlongreigned over height of Qing; composed more than 100,000 poems; connoisseur of art16
263115396scholar-bureaucratwere civil servants appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance from the Sui Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, China's last imperial dynasty.17
263115397foot bindingpractice in chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household18
263115398treasure shipsA fleet of hundreds of ships set out to explore new lands under the ruling of Zhu di and Zheng heduring the Ming Dynasty.19
263115399Matteo RicciAn Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China20
263115400bakufuMilitary government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai21
263115401samuraia Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy22
263115402Francis XavierThis was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity23

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