Ap World History Chapter 14

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Taika Reforms

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Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.

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Chinese-style

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The Tale of Genji

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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.

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Novel

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Fujiwara

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Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.

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Family

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Bushi

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Regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies.

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law

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Samurai

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Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders (bushi); loyal to local lords, not the emperor.

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troops

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Suppuku

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Ritual suicide or disembowelment in Japan; commonly known in West as hara-kiri; demonstrated courage and a means to restore family honor.

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Suicide

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Taira

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Powerful Japanese family in 11th and 12th centuries; completed with Minamoto family; defeated after Gempei Wars.

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Minamoto

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Minamoto

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Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th-century Japan.

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Taira

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Gempei Wars

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Waged for five years from 1180, on Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira.

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five years

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Bakufu

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Military government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai.

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government

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Shoguns

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Military leaders of teh Bakufu (military governments in Japan).

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Military

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Hojo

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Warrior family closely allied with Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers who claimed to rule in name of Japanese emperor at Kyoto.

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Kamakura

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Ashikaga Takuaji

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Member of the MInamoto family; overthrew the Kamakura regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336-1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino.

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Minamoto

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Ashikaga Shogunate

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Replaced the Kamakura regime in Japan; ruled from 1336 to 1573; destroyed rival Yoshino center of imperial authority.

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rival Yoshino

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Daimyos

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Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states.

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Rulers

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Choson

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Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han armies in 109 BCE

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Earliest

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Koguryo

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Tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula in 37 BCE; began a process of Sinification.

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Tribal

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Silla

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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.

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Independent

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Paekche

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Independent Korean kingdom in southwestern part of peninsula; defeated by rival Silla kingdom and its Chinese Tang allies in 7th century.

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Defeated

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Sinification

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Extensive adoption of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

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Adoption

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Yi

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Korean dynasty that succeeded Koryo dynasty following period of Mongol invasions; established in 1392; ruled Korea to 1910; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence.

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Restored

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Khmers

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Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; moved into Mekong River delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south.

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RIvals

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Trung sisters

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Leaders of one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule; revolt broke out in 39 CE; demonstrated importance of Vietnamese women in indigenous society.

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Rebellions

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Chams

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Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south.

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Highlands

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Nguyen

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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.

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Challenge

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Trinh

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Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in south.

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Hanoi