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AP World History Test 2 Flashcards

East Asia and India

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220492824Sui589-6180
220492825Sui Yangdi604-6181
220492826Tang Dynasty618-9072
220492827Tang Taizong627-6493
220492828Silla Kingdom699-935; Tang armies conquered much of Korea; the Silla dynasty organized resistance; Korea entered into a tributary relationship with China4
220492829An Lushan RebellionTook place in China during Tang Dynasty; from 755 to 763, while the emperor neglected public affairs in favor of music and his mistress, An Lushan, one of the dynasty's foremost military commanders, mounted a rebellion and captured the capital at Chang'an as well as the secondary capital at Luoyang, the revolt was short lived and by 757 Tang forces had suppressed army and taken back capitals but the dynasty was weakened5
220492830Huang Chao Rebellion875-88; large scale peasant rebellion was led by this person6
220492831Song TaizuFirst Song dynasty emperor who reigned from 960-976 CE. He focused his rule on civil administration, industry, education, and the arts rather than on military affairs. Inaugurated bureaucracy of merit.7
220492832Song Dynasty(960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings8
220492833Government Paper Moneymoney9
220492834KamakuraYorimoto's capital during his shogunate, destroyed in 133110
220492835Muromachilater medieval period of Japan that ran from 1336 - 1573 CE; during the two periods, Japan developed a decentralized political order11
220492836Harsha(r.606-648 CE) He restored centralized rule in northern India after the collapse of the Gupta. He can be compared to Charlemagne.12
220492837UmmayyadClan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Isla13
220492838Chcla Kingdom...14
220492839Kingdom of Angkor...15
220492840Muhammud of Ghazni...16
220492841Century Life of Ramanuja...17
220492842Bahkti Movement...18
220492843Sultanate of Delhi(1206-1526 CE) The successors of Mahmud of Ghazni mounted more campaigns, but directed their goals to creating this empire.19
220492844Guru Kabir(1440-1518) a blind weaver, who was one of the most famous bhakti teachers, went so far to teach that Shiva, Vishnu, and Allah were all manifestations of single, universal deity.20
220492845FunanAn early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries C.E. It was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam, and it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus. (p. 191)21
220492846AngkorSoutheast Asian Khmer kingdom that was centered on the temple cities of Ankor Thom and Angkor Wat.22
220492847Shamor...23
220492848Khmerlarge empire that covered much of cambodia, thailand and Malaysia, both Hindu and Buddhist.24
220492849MelakaThe first major center of Islam in Southeast Asia, a port kingdom on the southwestern coast of the Malay Peninsula.25
220492850Chan BuddhismKnown as Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty; popular with members of elite Chinese society; a. A syncretic faith: Buddhism with Chinese characteristics; Chan (or Zen in Japanese) was a popular Buddhist sect; Hostility to Buddhism from the Daoists and Confucians; Persecution; it survived because of popularity26
220492851Neo ConfucionismBuddhist influence on Confucianism; Early Confucianism focused on practical issues of politics and morality; Confucians began to draw inspiration from Buddhism in areas of logic and metaphysics; Zhu Xi (1130-1200 C.E.), the most prominent neo-Confucian scholar27
220492852Islamthe religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life28
220492853Vishnu-Shivadevotional cults; two of the most important dieties Vishnu: preserver of the world--god who occationally visited earth in human form to resist evil/ communicate teachings Shiva: god of fertility and destructive deity--brought & took away life29
220492854Devotional CultsEmbraced because they promised salvation; hoped to achieve union with gods to bring grace and salvation. Temples and Shrines began to populate the landscape in north & south India30
220492855Shankaraa southern Indian devotee of Shiva during the early ninth century. Took it upon himself to digest all sacred Hindu writings and harmonize their sometimes contradictory teachings into a single consistent system of thought. Closely resembles Plato.31
220492856RamanujaThe twelfth-century devotee of Vishnu, who believed that personal devotion and personal union with the deity was more important than an intellectual understanding of ultimate reality32
220492857Temple Societies...33

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