[PART 2] Ch. 12-14: Postclassical Asia Flashcards

Time: Postclassical Era 1450-1750

146378098	Bi Sheng	invented printing with movable type, allowed China to be most literate civilization	0
146378099	Flying money	early form of currency, credit vouchers to traveling merchants	1
146378100	Grand Canal	linked Huang He and Yellow Rivers, began in Han, finished in Sui Empire	2
146378101	Junks	Chinese ships with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses	3
146378102	Jurchens	founders of Qin, succeeded Liao, forced Song to flee South	4
146378103	Khitan	nomads who founded Liao Dynasty in Manchuria, influenced by Chinese culture	5
146442056	Period of the Six Dynasties	endless wars fought by kingdoms after the fall of the Han	6
146442057	Bakufu	military government established after Gempei Wars, power in military and samurai	7
146442058	Bushi	regional warrior leaders of kingdoms, administered law	8
146442059	Daimyo	warlord rulers after Onin War, unified states	9
146442060	Gempei Wars	between Taira and Minamoto families	10
146442061	Onin War	between rival heirs of Ashikaga Shogunate	11
146442062	Samurai	troops of bushi, loyal to lords	12
146442063	Shoguns	military leaders of bakufu	13
146442064	Sinification	extensive adaption of Chinese culture (Korea, Japan)	14
146442065	Taika Reforms	remade Japanese monarch to an absolute Chinese style emperor	15
146442624	Chinggis Khan	conquest of China's North kingdoms, died before conquest of Islamic world	16
146442625	Tartars	Mongols who captured Russian cities and destroyed Kievan state	17
146442626	Ming Dynasty	succeeded Yuan Dynasty, mounted huge trade expeditions to S Asia, later concentrated on internal developments	18
146442627	Timur the Great	leader of Turkic nomads, launched attacks in Persia, Fertile Crescent	19