AP World History Chapter 13 Outline
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Chapter 13 The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam China's neighbors heavily borrowed from Chinese culture. However, tensions between cultural independence and Sinification arose. I. Japan: The Imperial Age 1. Chinese influence peaked in the 7th and 8th c. Isolated capitals (Nara then Heian) lost control. A. Japan's Imperial Age a. peak of selective borrowing from Chinese culture during Taika (645-710), Nara (710-784), and Heian (794-857) eras b. Taika reforms sought to standardize Chinese characters in court, follow elaborate court etiquette, and popularize Confucian and Buddhist practice c. common peoples meshed Buddhist and kami deities B. Crisis at Nara and the Shift to Heian (Kyoto)