History Final

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Yuan Dynasty

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The period of mongol and chinese rule, taken from the book of changes by Kublai

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Neo Confucianism

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religion started in the tang, became influential in the song and ming, focused more on metaphysics

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Forbidden City

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imperial palace of the emporers from the ming to the qing

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Chinese Rites Controversy

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debate amongst catholic missionaries as to the religiosity of confucian and buddhist rituals

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Manchu

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jurchen tribesman, shamanistic, greatly influential to chinese history

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Yangban

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ruling class of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. were mainly composed of civil servants and military officers. The members were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a "scholarly official.

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Taira No kiyomori

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military leadere of the heian that installed the first samurai focused government

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Nothoi

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children of concubines

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yoritomo

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foounder and the first shogun of the kamakura shogunate

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king sejong

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fourth king of the joseon in korea, enforced confucianism and executed radical amendments

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tokugawa ieyasu

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founder of the tokugawa shogunate, eventually abdicated but still held powe

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tale of the heike

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long documentation of the genpei war, the struggle of the taira and monomoto clans

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hojo no masako

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yoritomos wife, first lady of the first shogunate of the kamakura

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shogun

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hereditary commander and chief in japan

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koryo

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goryeo of korea dynasty name, established by taejo, mostly lost power due to mongols

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celadon

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ceramics style from Goryeo Korea, noted for a glaze and color

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yugen

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art style of japan that focused on the mysticism and wonder, profound grace and subtly

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flying cash

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song/tang dynasty currency, can be considered first bank note

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genpei war

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conflict from 1180-1185 (heian period), taira vs minamoto, taira loses minamoto establishes kamakura shogunate

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han'gul

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korean alphabent 1443 (joseon dynasty)

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jurchen

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peoples from manchuria, founders of the jin empire and would be renamed manchu

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ming

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ruled by ethnic han chinese, noted for great stability, forbidden city was built around this time

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toyotomi hideyoshi

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known as japans SECOND great uniter, powerful politician, warrior, daimyo, led a series of invasions on korea nad china

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king t'aejo

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founder of jeong dynasty in korea, overthrew the goryeo dynasty

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zheng he

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Hui court eunach, explorer, would slowly clime the ladder to become fleet admiral of the early ming dynasty

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prebend

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taxation system

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zhu xi

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leading rationalist from the confuscian scholar branch, created many famous philosophical documents

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cheoyong-mu

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korean mask dance, the oldest surviving dance style

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amidism

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mahayana buddhism mostly practiced in southern eastern asian, worhsips amithaba

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qing

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last dynasty of china, formed by the jurchens

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khubilai

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founder of the yuan dynasty, great mongol leader, first non han emporer to conquer all of china

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samurai

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daimyo

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fuedal lords that would serve on shoguns

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hahoe

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village type from the joseon dynasty, would be built around winding rivers

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marco polo

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first european to reach china, would observe kublais courts and retell his stories

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shugo

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Governor official in feudal japan appointed b shogun.

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lady hyegyong

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wife of prince sado, daughter in law to yeon-jo, wrote memoirs about how her husband was put to death

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factionalism

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pertaining to multiple sides competing for goals

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jingdezhen

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chinese city known specifically for its procelain

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onin war

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mumomochi japan war, ashikaga get removed from power

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renga

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important style of japanese poetry, known for having two stanzas.

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jin dynasty

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dynasty of the early 0 bc/ad period, hd two great splits in terms of continuance, , formed from Sima members

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jesuits

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catholics that would spread religion to asian territories

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dutch learning

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japanese school of educaton developed by dutch contacts, allowed for western technology and medicine

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choson

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other name for joseon dynasty, lasty dynasty of korea, was a confucian based government

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toe'gye

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confucian scholar of the joseon dynasty, built the famous dosan seowon

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kamikaze

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"divine winds" harsh hurricane like winds, saved japan from mongol fleets

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edo

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seat of power for the tokugawa shogunate

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bushido

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code of loyalty and subserviance, usually used by samurai

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ronin

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wandering samurai with no lord of master

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banner system

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system of manchu military

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p'ansori

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simple korean play style of singing and a drummer

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kakiemon

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japanese style of ceramics, focused on detailed paint work

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hermit kingdom

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a kingdom that walls itself in from the outside world, joseon dynasty of korea can be considered this

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noh

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japanese musical drama

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imjin war

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16th century invasions of hideyoshi, meant to take korea but withdrew after a slew of defeats.

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nurhaci

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jurchen tribal uniter who would then lead assaults on the ming dynasty, would later form the qinq dynasty

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four class system

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job assignement heirachy assigned in ancient china.

gentry

peasants

aristans

merchants

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sugaware no michizane

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revered as a god of learning, even though he is japanese he is honored through chinese poetry, was a politican and poet

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beijing opera

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chinese center in which plays consisted of dance, vocals, and plays

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red turbans

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followers of the white lotus, founded by gao zixing, targeted the yuan dynasty and helped create the ming

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murasaki

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Who is Prince Genji’s lover in the Tale of Genji chapter we read?

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geinpei

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The war that ended the Heian period is called the

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fujiwara and taira clan

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The rival clans that fought for supremacy at the end of the Heian period were the

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minamoto yoritomo

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The person who founded the Kamakura government

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hojo no mosako

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The wife of the founder of the Kamakura militarygovernment who succeeded him after his death is

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to serve

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The word for warrior, or samurai, is derivedfrom the word samurau, which means

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ashikaga takauji

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The samurai who betrayed all of his lords andfounded the Muromachi government is

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early female doctor

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Tan Yunxian was a

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sankin kotai

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The system whereby samurai had to travel fromtheir home provinces to Edo and live for a period of time is