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Li Bo
Greatest Tang poet. Lover of life and freedom, and wrote some 2,000 poems celebrating harmony with nature.
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Pagoda
A multistoried temple with eaves that curve up at the corners dedicated to holy people.
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Temujin/ "Genghiz Khan"
Temujin, later became known as Genghiz Khan, was the supreme leader of the Mongols.
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Murasaki Shikibu
Lady Murasaki: best known Heian writer and was the rival of Sei Shonagon. Her monumental work, the Tale of Genji, was the world's first full-length novel.
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Zheng He
A voyager, one who commanded the first of seven expeditions.
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Kublai Khan
Genghiz Khan's grandson who toppled the last Song emperor in 1279.
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Marco Polo
Italian merchant who was one of the many visitors to China during the Yuan dynasty. In his writings he left a vivid account of the wealth and splendor of China.
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Zhu Yuanzheng
A peasant leader who forged a rebel army that toppled the Mongols and pushed them back beyond the Great Wall.
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The Ming Dynasty came into being after the ________ were pushed out of China.
Mongols
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Choson
The Mongols occupied Korea until the late 1350s; the brilliant Korean general Yi Song-gye set up this dynasty.
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King Sejong
Korea's most celebrated ruler; he decided to replace the complex Chinese system of writing. Sjong had experts develop hangul.
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Hangul
An alphabet using symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean.
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Two Religions that greatly influenced Korean culture were...
Confucianism & Buddhism
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Korea's role between China and Japan has been that of a...
younger brother who owed respect and loyalty to his older brother.
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Koreans improved on the Chinese invention of the woodblock printing with...
movable metal type to print large numbers of books.
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When Japan tried to invade the Asain mainland by the way of the Korea, the Koreans...
used metal-plated "turtle boats"
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Shinto
Worship of the forces of nature: "The way of the gods"
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(the) Fujiwara
Wealthy court family; wielded real power.
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Sei Shonogan
A lady in waiting to be empress. She wrote The Pillow Book.
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Lady Murasaki
Lady Murasaki: best known Heian writer and was the rival of Sei Shonagon. Her monumental work, the Tale of Genji, was the world's first full-length novel.
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Yoritomo Minamoto
Appointed shogun in 1192 (supreme military commander).
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Samurai
Lesser warriors; means "those who serve"; they were the fighting aristrocracy of a wartorn land.
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Bushido
"Way of the warrior"; Code that emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty to one's lord.
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Mongol Invasions/The Divine Wind/Kamikaze
- Mongol Invasions: rivalry between warlords when Japan refused to acepte Mongol rule Kublai Khan launched an invasion from Korea.
- Kamikaze: means "the divine wind"
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Shogun
Supreme military commander
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Daimyo
Great warrior lords
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Kabuki
Popular new form of drama; actors used exaggerated movements to convey action.
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Haiku
Japanese poem with 3 lines and 17 syllables.
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