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Yamoto empire |
Japanese, longest running dynasty ever(started in 500s) |
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Bushi |
a "lord" who actually ran the show, not the emperor; part of military |
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samurai |
loyal warriors in Japan |
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Shoguns |
strongest Bushi, alter social structure, eventually stripping the Bushi of power; military head of Chinese Government |
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China is based on... |
merit and virtue |
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[china] shi (sher) |
scholars, studied confucinism |
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mandate to heaven |
when gods are unhappy, you know the leadership isnt good; justified the right leader in China |
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[china] Sui Dynasty |
58; Yang Jian, reunites north and south, restores confucianism, strengthens central government |
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Yang Di |
great wall of China, Grand Canal collapse of the sui: failed military, financial problems, peasant rebellions, emperor assassinated |
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[china] Tang Dynasty |
618-907; Li Shimin "Emperor Tang Taizong", largest dynasty in Chinese history, expands, trades with Asia, confucianism up |
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Emperess Wu |
concubine of emperor, favors Buddhism, doesnt agree with confucionists, seized power during Tang dynasty |
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Song Dynasty |
960-1279; power only in south, traders, not trying to expand, increase tax, foot binding, population increase, artwork: landscape, not people unlike Tang, people are small, unimportant; confucionists are back in power, changed the nature of the exam (no name, different hand writing) |
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Genghis Khan |
interested in other views, tolerant, ruthless if opposed, rhyming communication to army, created new legal code, controls the silk road, united the mongols |
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feigned retreat |
they run away, the opponents chase them, then the rest of the Mongol troop comes from hiding |
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Kublai Khan |
defeats Song Dynasy, starts Yuan Dynasty in China |
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Yuan Dynasty [mongols] |
trade is the backbone, confucionism down, no more civil service, fall apart from Black Plague, international trade is disrupted |
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Marco Polo |
traveled to China, associated with Kublai Khan, born in Venice, trader |
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Ibn Battuta |
muslim, never left muslim world, travler |
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Ming Dynasty |
took over from Yuan dynasty, restore confucionism |
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Emperor Yongle |
early 1400s; out of ming dynasty, wants to resume trade, sends out Zheng He |
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Zheng He |
1405-1433; goes on voyages, was a enoch, trusted by emperor, brought back exotic animals, after death China closed down, (Ming Dynasty) |
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Ivan the Great |
1450s threw out the Mongols (the Golden Horde), brought Orthodox back to Russia |
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Ivan the Terrible |
not a good guy, conquered lots of land (Siberia) |
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Bushido |
code of the samurai |
