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3185712956 | Shogun | Powerful Japanese leader, originally military, ruled under the titular authority of the emperor. | 0 | |
3185712957 | Shogunate System | System of government in Japan. Emperor exercised only titular authority, shoguns exercised actual political power. | 1 | |
3185712958 | Zen Buddhism | Originated in China during the Tang Dynasty. Influenced by Taoism. Developed as a distinguished Chinese style of Buddhism. | 2 | |
3185712959 | Holy Roman Empire | Multi-ethic complex of territories in Central Europe in early Middle Ages. | 3 | |
3185712960 | Capetion Dynasty | Dynasty of Franish origin founded by Hugh Capet. | 4 | |
3185712961 | Aristocracy | Highest class in certain societies. Holding heredity titles or offices. | 5 | |
3185712962 | Yoritomio | Third son of miramoto. Heir of the minamoto clan. | 6 | |
3185712963 | Magna Carta | Charter agreed by king and people for peace and protection between two. | 7 | |
3185712964 | Charlemagne | A king that expanded territory in military conquest. | 8 | |
3185712965 | Dominic and Franciscans | Dominic order arose out of the desire of a Spanish priest Dominic de guaman to defend church. Franciscans lived among people preaching repentance and aiding the poor. Their calls for a return to the simplicity and poverty of the early church. | 9 | |
3185712966 | St. Benedict | Founded a monastic house, wrote set rules, established the basic form of monastic life. | 10 | |
3185712967 | Common Law | Law common to entire kingdom of England. Imposed by the Kings courts beginning in the twelfth century to replace customary law varied from place to place. | 11 | |
3185712968 | Monasticism | Movement that began early Christianity whose purpose was to create communities of men and women who practiced communal life dedicated to God as a moral example to the world around them. | 12 | |
3185712969 | Guilds | Association of people with common interest and concerns. Control of production process, restrict entry in various trades. | 13 | |
3185712970 | Samurai | In service to a particular shot gun. Japanese warriors lived by s strict law code. | 14 | |
3185712971 | Shinto | State religion in Japan derived from beliefs in nature spirits. Belief in the divinity of the emperor and the sacredness of the Japanese nation. | 15 | |
3185712972 | Gothic | Described the art/architecture of Europe. Twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries. | 16 | |
3185712973 | Heresy | The holding of religious doctrines different from the official teachings of the church. | 17 | |
3185712974 | Romanesque | Describe the art and especially architecture of Europe. Eleventh and twelfth centuries. | 18 | |
3185712975 | Commercial Capitalism | Economic system in which people invested in trade and goods in order to make profit. | 19 | |
3185712976 | Scholasticism | Philosophical/ theological system of the medieval schools, emphasized rigorous analysis of contradictory authorities. Reconcile faith and reason. | 20 | |
3185712977 | Vassal | Person granted a fief, or landed estate for providing military services to the lord and fulfilling certain other obligations. | 21 | |
3185712978 | Daiymo | Prominent Japanese families who provided allegiance to local shogun in exchange for protection. | 22 | |
3185712979 | Bakufo | Centralized government set up in Japan in twelfth century. | 23 | |
3185712980 | Fief | Landed estate granted to a vassal in exchange for military services. | 24 | |
3185712981 | Manor | An agricultural estate operated by a lord and worked by peasants who performed labor services and paid various rents and fees to the lord in exchange for protection and sustenance. | 25 | |
3185712982 | Serfs | Peasant who is bound to the land and obligated to provide labor services and pay various rents and fees to the lord. | 26 | |
3185712983 | Chivalry | Ideal of civilized behavior that emerged among the European nobility in the eleventh and twelfth centuries under the influence of the church. A code of ethics knights were expected to uphold. | 27 | |
3185712984 | Bushido | Code of conduct observed by samurai warriors. | 28 | |
3185712985 | Taika Reforms | Seventh century "change" reforms that established the centralized Japanese state. | 29 |