Chapter 8 Flashcards

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