ch. 12 tang taizong the “great ancestor” (626-649) who extended china’s borders and reformed...
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Ch. 12
Tang Taizong
The “Great Ancestor” (626-649) who extended China’s borders and reformed government and the law code.
Wu Zhoa
The strong Tang ruler who expanded into Korea; the only
woman ever to assume the title of “empress” in China.
Genghis Khan
The title taken by the Mongol ruler Temujin; a terrorizing strategist who conquered much of Asia.
Kublai Khan
The Great Khan who ruled Mongolia and China, founded the Yuan Dynasty (1279) and united
China.
Marco Polo
The Venetian trader who took the Silk Road to China and served the
Great Khan for 17 years.
Shinto
Japan’s earliest religion, which is based on the worship of
ancestors and respect for the forces of nature.
Angkor Wat
An extensive city-and-temple complex built by the Khmer and
dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.
Koryu Dynasty
Celadon pottery and blocks for printing Buddhist scripture developed under this Asian
dynasty (935-1392).
Movable Type
The blocks of individual characters set in a frame and used to make a
page for printing.
Gentry
Upper class scholar-officials in the Tang and Song periods whose
status came from education and civil service.
pastoralists
Nomadic people who herd domesticated animals; they
usually follow a seasonal pattern of movement.
Clan
A kinship group in which the members are descended from a
common ancestor.
Pax Mongolica
The period ( mid 1200’s to mid 1300s) that was characterized by stability and law across much of
Eurasia.
Samurai
“One who serves”, a member of Japan’s warrior class who was a
loyal bodyguard of a warlord.
Bushido
“The way of the warrior”, a code that required reckless courage,
fairness, reverence, and generosity.
Shogun
A “ supreme general of the emperor’s army”, a Japanese title
that conveyed the powers of a military dictator.
Khmer Empire
A powerful kingdom on the Southeast Asian mainland that
peaked around 1200; prosperous from rice farming.
Dai Viet
A Southeast Asia kingdom that broke away from China in 939,
they preserved their own cultural identity.
Archipelago
An island group, such as the approximately 4,000 islands that
make up Japan.
Porcelain
Bone-hard, white ceramic made of special clay and a mineral found
only in China.