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5871419174SinificationExtensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions of Asia0
5871425042Genghis KhanUnited the Mongols and conquered most of Asia1
5871456975Controlled the Golden HordeBatu2
5871464930Controlled the Ilkhan KhanateHulagu3
5871468897Controlled the Chengdai KhanateOgedei4
5871471324Controlled the Great KhanateKublai5
5871487048Prester JohnLegendary mythical Christian king from Asia that Crusaders though would help them fight the Muslims. The Mongols were probably thee basis for this legend.6
5871495913Kublai KhanThe grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered China and made himself emperor establishing the Yuan Dynasty.7
5871502511Timur (Tamerlane)A Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes, a generation after Genghis Khan's dynasty, to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia.8
5871513223Marci PoloA European merchant and explorer who spent time in China at the court of Kublai Khan, the stories and items that he brought back to Europe sparked a desire for Asian goods and helped to launch the Age of Exploration.9
5871527054Yamato (Tenno) ClanThe imperial family of Japan10
5871531015FujiwaraA powerful political family in feudal Japan that eventually intermarried with, and took power away from the emperors in the mid 800's, making the emperor a figurehead.11
5871547037Minamoto YoritomoBecame the first shogun in 119212
5871550749ShogunTitle given to the most powerful samurai by the emperor, the title means "general"13
5871557588DaimyoPowerful samurai lords who controlled vast province, and constantly fought to become shogun14
5871560170SamuraiThe warrior class of feudal Japan15
5871561505BushidoThe warrior's code of feudal Japan16
5871564205SeppukuThe act of ritual suicide performed by the samurai, in which the abdomen is sliced open.17
587156984347 RoninA true story about a group of samurai who committed seppuku after the death of their master in 170318
5871576961TokugawaThe last of the shogunates, they expelled all foreigners from Japan, and ruled the country from 1603 to 185319

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