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18 Cards in this Set
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An Lushan |
Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang Dynasty, perhaps provoking China's to Xenophobia |
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Bushido |
The "way of the warrior" referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery loyalty and an emphasis on death over surrender |
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Chu nom |
Variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; southern script |
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Chinese Buddhism |
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Foot binding |
Chinese practice of tightly wrapped and girls feet to keep it small, begun in the Tang Dynasty, and emphasis on small size and a delicacy was central to views of female beauty |
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Hangul |
A phonetic alphabet developed in Korea |
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Hangzhou |
China's capital during the song Dynasty, with a population of more than 1 million |
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Heian |
Japan's second capital city, model on the Chinese capital of Chang'an, also you describe the period of Japanese history from 794 to 1192 CE. Now known as Kyoto |
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Jurchen |
A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China |
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Kami |
Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomena; their worship much later came to be called Shinto |
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Khitan |
A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China |
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Koryo |
Korean dynasty 918-1392 |
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Kumsong |
The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an |
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Murasaki Shikibu |
Perhaps Japan's greatest awesome, a woman active at the Heian court, Best known for the tale of Genji, written around 1000 CE |
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Nara |
Japan's first capital city, model on the Chinese capital of Chang'an |
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Neo Confucianism |
A philosophy that emerged in song dynasty china; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements |
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Pure land Buddhism |
The school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasize salvation by faith in Amitabha Buddha |
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Shotoku Taishi |
Japanese statement launch the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China; best known for the 17 article constitution, with lays out the principles of this reform (572-622) |
