Chapter 13 Vocab World Civilizations The Global Experience (AP & 6th Edition) Flashcards

5333107684	Taika Reforms	Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army	0
5333107685	Tale of Genji	Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society	1
5333107686	Fujiwara	Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power	2
5333107687	Bushi	Regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies	3
5333107688	Samurai	Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders (bushi); loyal to local lords, not the emperor	4
5333107689	Seppuku	Ritual suicide or disembowelment in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor	5
5333107690	Taira	Powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; competed with the Minamota family; defeated after the Gempei Wars	6
5333107691	Minamoto	Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th century Japan	7
5333107692	Gempei wars	Waged for five years from 1180, on Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira	8
5333107693	Bakufu	Military government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai	9
5333107694	Shoguns	Military leaders of bakufu (military governments in Japan)	10
5333107695	Hojo	A warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated the Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor	11
5333107696	Ashikaga Takuaji	Member of the Minamoto family; overthrew the Kamakura regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336 - 1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino	12
5333107697	Daimyos	Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states	13
5333107698	Choson	Earliest Korean Kingdom; conquered by han emperor in 109 BCE	14
5333107699	Koguryo	Tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula; adopted cultural Signification	15
5333107700	Silla	Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668	16
5333107701	Paekche	Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated by rival Silla kingdom and its Chinese Tang allies in 7th century	17
5333107702	Signification	Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other religions; typical of Korea and Japan, less typical of Vietnam	18
5333107703	Trung Sisters	Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 c.e.; demonstrates importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society	19
5333107704	Chams	Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the South	20
5333107705	Nguyen	Rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in southern Vietnam to challenge traditional dynasty of Trinh in north at Hanoi; kingdom centered on Red and Mekong rivers; capital at Hue	21
5333107706	Trinh	Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South	22