101307786 | Bakufu | Tent | 0 | |
101307787 | Black Death-Bubonic Plague | one of worst pandemics in world histroy..spread by fleas on rats | 1 | |
101307788 | Du Fu | One of Chinas most beloved poets | 2 | |
101307789 | Equal feilds system | restricted inheritance of land | 3 | |
101307790 | Foot binding | tightly wrapping a young girls foot so that it could not grow normally..the toes are broken and curled under the feet. | 4 | |
101307791 | Fujiwara family | controlled power and protected an emporer, who belonged to a family that was believed to have ruled japan since the beggining of history | 5 | |
101307792 | Genghis Khan | one of the most famous warriors in history | 6 | |
101307793 | Hegemony | Control | 7 | |
101307794 | Heian Era | era between 794 and 1185, the Fujiwara family was the power behind the throne | 8 | |
101307795 | Il-Khan | established by Hulegu, another grandson on Genghis..this state controlled parts of Armenia, all of Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, and Iran | 9 | |
101307796 | Jagadai | Genghis' son..ruled Khanate of Jagadai in central Asia | 10 | |
101307797 | Khanate of the Golden Horde | conquered southern Russia and established capital at Sarai on the Volga River | 11 | |
101307798 | Khanate of the Great Khan | This empire was first ruled from the old capital at Karakorum in Mongolia, but was moved to Kihanbalik..In China, this khanate was known as the Yuan Dynasty | 12 | |
101307799 | Koryo Dynasty | took over Silla Dynasty in late 9th century and ruled till 1892 | 13 | |
101307800 | Kowtow | deep bow before the emperor in which the forehead touched the ground | 14 | |
101307801 | Kubilai Khan | one of Genghis' grandsons..completed conquest of China in 1279 | 15 | |
101307802 | Li Bo | One of Chinas most beloved poets | 16 | |
101307803 | Liao Empire | Khitan people..related to Mongols..established on northeastern frontier of China | 17 | |
101307804 | Mencius | 370-290 B.C.E | 18 | |
101307805 | "The Middle Kingdom" | The Chinese saw themselves as central to the world around them, and their demands for gifts from neighboring lands and peoples were part of the natural order of Chinese domination. | 19 | |
101307806 | Ming Dynasty | ("Brilliant") Dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 | 20 | |
101307807 | neo-Confucianism | new version of older ideology..emphasized interpretations of Mencius (370-290 B.C.E) | 21 | |
101307808 | Alexander Nevskii | He was the prince of Novgorod. He convinced other princes that it would be best if they went along with the mongols. | 22 | |
101307809 | Osman, Ottoman Turks | settled in Anatolia and gathered a following of supporters..in 1299 he declared independence from the Seljuk Turks and established himself as the founder of the Ottoman Turks | 23 | |
101307810 | Pax Mongolia | Mongol peace | 24 | |
101307812 | Samurai | Professional warriors who provided police and military service in exchange for food, clothing, and housing. | 25 | |
101307813 | Shintoism | animistic religion that emphasizes nature and spirits, or kami, that inhabit objects in nature | 26 | |
101307815 | Shogun | military governer who ruled in place of the emperor | 27 | |
101307817 | Silla Dynasty | ruled Korea from 668 until late 9th century..replaced by Koryo Dynasty | 28 | |
101307820 | Song Dynasty | dynasty of China from 960 to 1279 | 29 | |
101307824 | Sui Dynasty | dynasty that brought China together after it had been divided for 400 years | 30 | |
101307825 | The Tail of Genji | written by noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu about 1000 C.E..provides vivid description of life in the Heian court of Japan during the time that the Fujiwara family ruled. | 31 | |
101307828 | Tang Dynasty | ruled for 300 years.. the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 | 32 | |
101307831 | Temujin | Genghis Khan's real name | 33 | |
101307834 | Uighurs | Nomadic Turkish people, sacked Chang'an and Louyang as payment for their aid in defeating the rebels | 34 | |
101307836 | Wu Zhao | Only woman in Chinese history to rule in her own name..turned to Buddhism | 35 | |
101307838 | Xi Xia Empire | Minyak people..estalished in western China | 36 | |
101307845 | Yuan Dynasty | Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368) | 37 |
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