Post-Classical East Asia AP World Flashcards

273334651	Korea	Silla 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 dominate	1
273334652	Japan (ealry)	Joman - named for clay figures Yayoi - small states named for pottery Yamato - centralized, Shintoism, Chinese writing, Buddism and Confucianism	2
273334653	Japan	Nara - 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. failure	3
273334654	Japan (Medival)	Kamakura Shogunate - ruled by Shogun. Samurai: bushido = honor code (loyalty), seppuku =suicide. decline = dynastic cycle. developed into small states w/feudal system	4
273334655	Japan (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 Daimyo	5
273334656	Japanese hierarchy	(Bottom-Top) Merchants, Peasants, Samurai, Daimyo (local admins, sometimes challenged shogun/emperor), Shogun (leader of regional armies, kept emperor legit), Emperor	6
273334657	Vietnam	Chinese ag techniques, bureaucracy, some Buddhism had tributary relationship, when Tang fell = full independence Diff: kept Viet religion, women had more influence	7