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Sui Fynasty |
581 AD unites much of China. Encourage Taoists and Buddhists priciples. |
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Tang Dynasty |
China will conquer tibet. Regain territory lost to nomadic tribes in the north and rivals in the south. Gain taxes from Japan and Korea. MOST SUCCESSFUL DYNASTY |
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Song Dynasty |
Civil war ends! Does not regain tibet. Unites provinces of the south by alliance and military deafeats. Moves capital to Hang Chow in the south. Civil service grows |
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Jurchan |
Enemies of the chinese and mongols |
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Yaun Dynasty |
Mongols rule. Keep civil service. Capital moved to Peking. |
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Shogun |
Hereditary commander in chief in feudal japan. Generally the real ruler of the country till 1867 |
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Samurai |
Soilder for each land lord. Lived by a very strict code |
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Kama Kura Shogunate |
New form if government. Central government. MINAMOTO YURIMOTO is the head of it/creator |
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Eta |
Lower class of laborer. Formed mostly of criminals,prisioners,mountain dwellers. Did the lowest job. Exp. Undertakers and tanners |
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Shinto |
A religion known for their gods known as Kami. |
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Silla Dynasty |
Uses a chinese style of government. Introduces Buddhism. Declines because of civil war |
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Dai Viet |
Vietnamese rulers. 900s |
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Feudalism |
Inteoduced by Charlemagne. Type of gov't which the nobles pledged loyality and military service to the king. King under this sytem grants lands to each noble for their loyalty. |
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Manor |
Estates that were given to the nobles for their loyality. |
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Monastery |
A building or buldings occupied by a community of monks under religious vows |
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Guilds |
A medieval association of craftsman or merchants |
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Great Schism |
Division on the catholic church. Between the Avignon and Rome. Also called Schism of the west |
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Gothic |
New style of buildings after 1200. Usually taller then Romanseque. Inspired by God reaching towards his kingdom the heavens. |
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Romanesque |
Older form and copies classical roman designs. Churches in a shape of a cross with thick walls. |
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Renaissance |
Cultural rebirth in Europe. Based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome |
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Reformation |
16 century movement for the reform of abuses in the roman catholic church. |
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Kushan Gupta |
A member of an Iranian dynasty that invaded Indian subcontinenf and established a powerful empire in the northwest. |
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Gupta |
A dynasty in N.India. who court was the center of classical indian art and literature |
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Theravada Buddhism |
Follows the teachings of the oldest recorded buddhist texts. |
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Mahayana Buddhism (Great Vehicle) |
Focuses more on the spirtual side |
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Angkor civilization of Cambodia |
Served as a seat of the Khmer empire. |
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Humanism |
A renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism. And went to have intrests in greek and roman thought |
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Muslim invasions of India |
Muhammad Ghori invaded India in 1175 A.D . Know for being very bloody. 600 to 200 in population |
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Magna Carta |
King was not above the law. |
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Haiku |
A japanese poem of 17 syllables. Usually about nature. 5,7,5. (GAME GRUMPS) |
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Silk Road |
Trade road for many countries |
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Mongol invasion of china |
The mongols fought nomadic tribes north of china and defeated them. They were aided by the chinese who gave them weapons and gun powder. Controlled most of the silk road. Invaded china and defeated the last song emperor. |
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Mongol invasion of japan defeates by a typhoon |
Typhoon breaks their boats. If they did land they had a hard time on the mountainy terrain |
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English knights gain political concessions from the king |
They gaines power wven though they were just knights |
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1st university in Europe |
University in Bologna |
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Crusades |
Medieval expedition. One of a series made by europeans to recover the Holy Land from the muslims. 11,12,13 ce turies |
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Black death |
Bubonic plague |