Gilbert WHAP Terms for 9/27/2011 Flashcards

216288585	Sui	Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes. It was followed by the Tang Dynasty. (581-618 CE)	0
216288586	grand canal	a canal in E China, extending north from Hangzhou to Tianjin: the longest canal in China, now partly silted up; central section, linking the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, finished in 486 bc ; north section finished by Kublai Khan between 1282 and 1292. Length: about 1600 km	1
216288587	Tang Taizong	the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649; typically considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, emperors in Chinese history	2
216288588	equal field system	All land was owned by the government, which would then assign it to individual families. Every individual, including slaves, was entitled to a certain amount of land, the amount depending on their ability to supply labor.	3
216288589	Uighers	a member of a Turkish people dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living mainly in western China	4
216288590	footbinding	the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible	5
216288591	porcelain	a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc	6
216288592	gunpowder	an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.	7
216288593	printing	to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly	8
216288594	Chan/Zen Buddhism	emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct self-realization through meditation and dharma practice	9
216288595	paper money	currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.	10
216288596	neo-Confucianism	of or pertaining to an eclectic philosophical movement of the 12th to the 16th centuries, incorporating Taoist and Buddhist elements with an adaptation of Confucianism	11
216288597	Heian court	the period in Japan AD 794-1185 charaerized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China	12
216288598	Silla dynasty	one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and one of the longest sustained dynasties in Asian history(57BC-935AD). Founded by King Park Hyeokgeose	13
216288599	The Tale of Genjii	classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century, around the peak of the Heian period	14
216288600	Samurai	military nobility of pre-industrial Japan	15
216288601	Harsha	Indian empire who ruled northern India for 41 years from 608CE to 647CE. United the smallrepublics from Punjab to cenral India	16
216288602	the Sind	one of four provinces of Pakistan; home to mainly Muslims, but also Christians, Zorastrians and Hindus	17
216288603	Sultanate of Delhi	coers the 5 short-lived Islam kingdoms. ruled from Delhi between 1206 and1526. dynasties were Mamluk(1206-90), Khilji(1290-1320), Tughlaq (1320-1414), Sayyid(1414-51), and the Lodi(1451-1526)	18
216288604	Chola	a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling in some parts of southeast India	19
216288605	Vijayanagar	rose to prominence as a culmination of atempts by the southern powers against Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century	20
216288606	Ceylon	a country off the southern coast of Indian subcontinent; known as Sri Lanka since 1972	21
216288607	monsoons	a seasonal reversing wind accmpanied by cooresponding changen precipitation	22
216288608	dhows and junks	a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more laen sails; primaril used to carry heavy items alonghe coasts of the Arabian peninsula, Pakistan, India and East Africa OR a sailing vessel of Chinese origin	23
216288609	jati	communities and submmunities of India	24
216288610	sufis	one who follows the principle of "a science whose objeive is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God"	25
216288611	Angkor Wat	a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarma II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city	26
216288612	Swahili states	traded with Arab merchants	27
216288613	Yang Jian	prince of the Sui dynasty; when his father was killed in 618 by Yuwen Huaji, he and his sons were also killed	28
216288614	Zimbabwe	landlocked country in southern part of Africa	29