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34 Cards in this Set
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Japan
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-“land of the rising sun”
-Culture borrowed from Chinese -Hundreds miles away from Korea and China -Archipelago: island group -12% land for farming -Many natural disasters -Most live on Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
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Shinto religion
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-Shinto is a literal combo of 2 Chinese words
-Shen: spiritual power, Tao: the way or path -Major beliefs -Impurity- not wrong -Purification- blessing -Afterlife- not important to profess |
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Yamato Emperors
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-400s A. D. est leading clan
-Decedents from Amaterasu: sun goddess -600s call themselves emperor -Dynasty never overthrown -Rival clan win and take Yamato name -Figurehead, ruling power |
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Tale of Genji
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1st novel
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Samurai
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-Samurai: warriors that protect lords/landowners
-1100s warriors dominate government |
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Bushido
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-Bushido “way of the warrior”
-Courage -Reverence for gods -Fairness, generous to weaker -Dying honorable death |
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Kamakura Shogunate
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-Late 1100s, 2 powerful families fight for power
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Minamoto Yoritomo
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-Minamoto family wins
-Yoritomo, leader, given name shogun -“supreme general of the emperor’s army” |
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Shogun
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-Yoritomo, leader, given name shogun
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Puppet Ruler
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more of an icon rather than ruler
ex: queen of England |
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Torii Gate
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-An entrance to a sacred place
-How does this reflect the Shinto ideals or values? -Stone shows how it is natural -Built to last -No material possessions -Entering to something sacred |
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Religious Syncretism
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Ability to coexist
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Clans and development of Shinto
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-Clans
-Worship own gods -Shinto religion: varied customs and beliefs combine for “way of the gods” -Under Yamato emperor, shinto became more popular -Yamato emperors come from Amaterasu (Sun God) |
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Life in Heian Period (Court)
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-Late 700s imperial court move capital from Nara to Heian
-High court society -Elaborate rituals and artistic pursuits -Painting and poetry -Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki- 1st novel -Etiquette- NO LAUGHING |
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Feudalism in Japan
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-Fujiwara family held power during Heian period
-Landowners have private armies -Countryside became dangerous -Small landowners trade land for protection |
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Buddhism and Shinto co-exist in Japan
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coexist for 1500 years
-religious syncretism -respect for nature -similar way of path -polytheistic |
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Major beliefs of Shinto
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-Impurity- not wrong
-Purification- blessing -Afterlife- not important to profess |
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Kami
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-The “divine”
-Kami also could be something that has a small sort of divinity in it -Story |
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Mongol Attacks of Japan
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-Win in 2 Mongol naval attacks
-Drain shogun treasury, government failed pay samurai -Samurai connect with different lords -Constant fighting one another |
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Compare and Contrast Feudal Japan and Medieval Europe
-system of governing and landholding, samurai & knights, religion, bushido vs. chivalry, etc |
see chart
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Tang Taizong
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Began 300 year rule
-Empire expand to Korea |
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Wu Zhao
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Wu Zhao, puppet rulers sat on throne
-690 A.D. declare herself Empress -Expand network of roads and canals |
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Civil-Service Examinations
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-Become elite group of scholar officials
-Open to all men -Only wealthy could afford to further education -Connections -BUT talent and education become more important |
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Movable Type
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invented in Tang/Song dynasty
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Gentry
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New upper class, scholar officials and families
-Didn’t own land! |
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Rise and Fall of Tang Dynasty
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-Taxes
-Struggle maintain empire -Central Asia to Muslim armies -907 A.D. Chinese rebels attack capital and kill last emperor (child) |
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Song Dynasty
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-China divided by warlords
-General Taizu establish empire (also 300 years) -Northern enemies- Manchurian people -Early 1100s, they conquer N, est. Jin Empire -Southern Song become economic center |
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Agriculture & Trade
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-Pop grow 100 million
-Science- Movable type gunpowder -Math- negative # -New rice Farming- 2x a year -Silk Roads -Guarded by Tang -Later rely on Sea -Exchange religions! |
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Status of Women in Tang/Song
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-Women
-Foot-binding -“lily-foot” |
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MAP
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1st Crusades
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-capture land and control Jerusalem
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Children's Crusade
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2 different groups, over 20,000 children in 1212 (most die from cold, starcation, sold into slavery)
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3rd Crusade
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statemate, allow access to Jerusalem for pilgrims (led by main kings of Europe)
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4th Crusade
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Funded by Venice as attack on Constantinople
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