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20 Cards in this Set
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1st emperor of the tang empire expanded and gained back western lands and that were lost after Han dynasty |
Tang Taizong |
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She became the 1st emperor to be a woman |
We zhao |
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A printer could arrange blocks of individual characters in a frame to make up a page for printing |
Movable type |
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A class of powerful, well to do people |
Gentry |
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Nomadic people |
Pastoralists |
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The mongols imposed stability, law and order across much of Eurasia |
Pax Mongolica |
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He was a mongol clan leader named Temujin and sought to unify the mongols won and accepted the title Genghis Khan “universal ruler” |
Genghis khan |
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Grandson of Genghis khan assumed the title great khan |
Kublai khan |
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Venetian trader who traveled to China and worked for the worked Chinese gov |
Marco Polo |
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Steppe nomads traveled together in kingship groups |
Clan |
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A Japanese religion based on respect for the forces of nature and on the worship of ancestors |
Shinto |
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West African storyteller |
Griot |
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Relating to social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father |
Patrilineal |
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Belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects |
Animism |
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In japan a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor |
Shogun |
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Strict code of behavior followed by samurai warriors in Japan |
Bushido |
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Mansa musa |
Wealthiest African emperor |
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1st great leader of Mali took over the Ghan |
Sundiata |
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Supreme political and religious leader in Muslim gov |
Caliph |
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Warriors in japan |
Samurai |
