8153813198 | Song and Tang Dynasties | 0 | ||
8153813199 | Bureau of Censors | 1 | ||
8153815970 | Tea | 2 | ||
8153815971 | Yangdi | Son of Wendi, murdered his father to reach the throne. He extended his father's conquest and drove back the nomadic intruders who threatened the northern frontiers of the empire. | 3 | |
8153818350 | Jin Kingdom | Kingdom that the Jurchens created after overthrowing the Liao Dynasty. After successful invasions of the Song territory they annexed most of the Yellow River basin to what had become the Qin Empire. This forced the Song to flee to the South. | 4 | |
8153820835 | Junks | 5 | ||
8153820836 | Li Yauni | Duke of Tang, Was a loyal supporter of Sui ruler and even rescued Yangdi at a point. He was convinced buy his sons and rebelled once Yandi became more and more irrational. | 6 | |
8153825273 | Neo Confucians | Revivers of ancient Confucian teachings, believed that cultivating personal morality was the highest goal for humans. | 7 | |
8153825274 | Scholar gentry class | 8 | ||
8153828653 | Huangzhou | The capital of the Song rulers. Renowned for its beauty and sophistication. | 9 | |
8153828654 | Tang Taizong | 10 | ||
8153833239 | Sui Dynasty | 11 | ||
8153840608 | Zhu Xi | Prominent thinker of the Song era who stressed the importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action. (Neo-Confucian.) | 12 | |
8153876258 | Liao Dynasty | Dynasty founded in 907 by nomadic Khitan people from Manchuria that dominated the Taizu people. | 13 | |
8153877536 | Empress Wu | Tang ruler who tried to elevate Buddhist religion to a state religion. Commissioned many Buddhist paintings and sculptures. Had pagodas built. Buddhism flourished with her support. | 14 | |
8153877537 | Pure Land Buddhism | Strain of Mahayana Buddhism that won a lot of followers because it seemed to be a break from war and turmoil. | 15 | |
8153879567 | Gun Powder | Ammunition for their guns | 16 | |
8153879568 | Foot Binding | Wrapping young girls feet as they grew so that they would grow into a small 'lotus petal' shape. (This was preferred by men) | 17 | |
8153883293 | Qin Empire | The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC. Named for its heartland in Qin state, the dynasty was founded by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin | 18 | |
8153883294 | Flying Money | (AKA: Credit Vouchers) First use of paper money. Merchants used. | 19 | |
8153885810 | Tangut Tribes | Sigong's descendant Li Yuanhao 李元昊 proclaimed himself emperor of the Western Xia empire in 1032. This empire remained independent until it was conquered by the Mongols in 1227. | 20 | |
8153885811 | Chen Kingdom | Chinese designation for the successor polity of the Kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indochina. | 21 | |
8153887394 | Kaozong | Emperor who in 668 sent armies to take over Korea, created a vassal kingdom called Silla | 22 | |
8153887395 | Wong Anshi | Chief minister of Song Emperor who tried to ward off the Song collapse, Encouraged agricultural expansion, taxed the scholar classes, and built up mercenary forces | 23 | |
8153889245 | Taizu | 24 | ||
8153889246 | Wendi | A member of a prominent north Chinese noble family, that had been active in fighting the rise of the Sui dynasty, who struck a marriage alliance between his daughter and the ruler of the northern Zhou empire. | 25 | |
8153889247 | Champa Rice | 26 | ||
8153891774 | Jinshi | Those who passed the Chinese Literature exam earned this title. | 27 | |
8153891775 | Xi Xia | 28 | ||
8153893475 | Sinification | 29 | ||
8153893476 | Xuanzoug | Emperor who marked the peak of the Tang power and the high point of Chinese civilization under the dynasty. | 30 | |
8153897229 | Yang Guifei | A beautiful young woman from the harem of one of the imperial princes who the emperor Xuanzong became infatuated with. An ill-fated romance. | 31 | |
8153899919 | Jurchens | 32 |
AP World History: Chapter 12 Flashcards
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