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124312614Manchuthe Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu people, the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries0
124312615Daimyoa Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai1
124312616SamuraiLiterally 'those who serve,' the hereditary military elite of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan2
124312617Tokugawa Shogunateshogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system, warriors, farmers, artisans, merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to fight; merchants became rich because domestic trade flourished (because fighting was illegal); had new forms of art - kabuki and geishas3
124312618Ming EmpireEmpire based in China that Zhu Yuanzhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. The Ming emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He4
124312619Qing EmpireEmpire established in China by Manchus who overthrew the Ming Empire in 1644. At various times the Qing also controlled Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The last Qing emperor was overthrown in 19115
124312620KangxiQing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire, Gained formal control of government at the age of 16. Was an intelectual prodigy who mastered classical Chinese, Manchu, and Mongolian at an early age, secured China's borders and was religiously tolerant, promoted Confucian ideas6
124312621Amur RiverThis river valley was a contested frontier between northern China and eastern Russia until the settlement arranged in Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)7
124312622Turtle BoatsKorean armored tanks on water8
124312623Dali Lamahead of tibetan buddhism, the bodhisattva of compassion, leader of tibetan government forced to leave china9
124312624Kowtowa former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission10

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