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14952123944filial pietyIn Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors and superiors.0
14952129640SyncretismA blending of two or more cultural traditions (languages, religions, music, etc.)1
14952146498Champa Ricea quick-maturing, drought resistant rice originally from Vietnam, that was introduced to China and increased their population2
14952164896Marco PoloVenetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.3
14952167861Flying MoneyIn China, the earliest form of paper money4
14952183547Neo-ConfucianismA philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it combined Confucian thinking with Buddhist and Daoist beliefs5
14952200860Grand CanalA canal linking northern and southern China which helped increase trade6
14952209522Empress Wuthe only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.7
14952228048legalismChinese philosophy that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled by a tough leader with harsh laws8
14952233055Mandate of HeavenChinese belief that emperors were given the right to rule from a divine power9
14952258620Zen BuddhismKnown as Chan Buddhism in China; stressed meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty10
14952295614kowtowa former Chinese custom of bowing down and touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission11
14952300711tribute systempayment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission12
14952319055Ashokaa ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism and believed in religious tolerance13
14952323015civil service examin China, a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government14
14952364851MuhammadFounder of Islam15
14952364852CaliphateIslamic empire ruled by those believed to be the successors to the Prophet Muhammad.16
14958700493Dar al-Islaman Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule17
15118988237Mansa MusaEmperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.18
15118991993TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.19
15118995242Swahili city-statescity states that dominated Indian Ocean trade along the east African coast20
15119004572labor taxsystem of paying taxes through physical labor such as repairing roads or building bridges, rather than paying with money21

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