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Post-Classical East Asia AP World Flashcards

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273334651KoreaSilla dynasty - organized resistance to Tang ended up w/ tributary relationship (beneficial since China sent gifts) Kumsong - capital modeled after Tang Chang'an (also called Xian) elite took up neo-confucianism, peasants took Chan Budd. Differences - no meritocracy, aristocrats dominate1
273334652Japan (ealry)Joman - named for clay figures Yayoi - small states named for pottery Yamato - centralized, Shintoism, Chinese writing, Buddism and Confucianism2
273334653JapanNara - centralized, confucian, empire unified small states, capital modeled after Chang'an (Xian), Buddhism = state religion Heian - "cultural flowering" capital at Kyoto, emperor as figurehead, Tale of Genji, decline = equal land sys. failure3
273334654Japan (Medival)Kamakura Shogunate - ruled by Shogun. Samurai: bushido = honor code (loyalty), seppuku =suicide. decline = dynastic cycle. developed into small states w/feudal system4
273334655Japan (Medival)Muromachi Shogunate - 700 yr military dictatorship, shoguns competed for power. constant attacks by mongols, chinese, koreans. able to unify for protection. Shogun unable to reward vassals led to rebellion led by Daimyo5
273334656Japanese hierarchy(Bottom-Top) Merchants, Peasants, Samurai, Daimyo (local admins, sometimes challenged shogun/emperor), Shogun (leader of regional armies, kept emperor legit), Emperor6
273334657VietnamChinese ag techniques, bureaucracy, some Buddhism had tributary relationship, when Tang fell = full independence Diff: kept Viet religion, women had more influence7

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