| A | B |
|---|
| TANG TAIZONG | first Tang Emperor who started bringing great achievements to China |
| WU ZHAO | Tang empress w/ so much power she took over title "emperor" in China; extended empires influence in Korea |
| MOVABLE TYPE | invention during Tang & Song times; blocks of metal/ wood, each bearing a character, that could be arranged to make a page for printing |
| GENTRY | educated gov employees during Tang & Song times; a class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy high social status |
| THE GOLDEN AGE OF ART | great poetry, paintings of landscapes using black ink |
| TANG DYNASTY | came after SUI DYNASTY; Chinese rulers who expanded the civil service system begun by Han Emperors; increased populations & number of educated people |
| PASTORALIST | a member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals |
| CLAN | a group of people descended from a common ancestor |
| GENGHIS KHAN | "Universal ruler"of Mongol clans; conquered much of Asia w/ ability to organize, strategize, use new weapons & cruelty |
| FOUR KHANATES OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE | Mongolia & China (GREAT KHAN); Central Asia; Persia; Russia |
| KUBLAI KHAN | one of China's emperors that united country for 1st time in 300 yrs, but governed as a foreign power; founded Yuan Dynasty; opened China to greater amounts of trade while keeping Chinese system of gov (capital in Beijing) & culture |
| MARCO POLO | Venetian trader that visited China; knew several languages and was sent by Kublai Khan on government missions |
| SEABORN INVASION | Kublai Khan tries to take over Japan for Mongols but failed because of storm & fierce Japanese fighting |
| FOREIGNERS | held highest gov posts under Mongol rule |
| SHINTO | the first native religion of Japan |
| SAMURAI | one of the professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords |
| BUSHIDO | the strict code of behavior followed by samurai warriors in Japan |
| SHOGUN | in feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor; owed power to local warlords & samurai; helped turn back invasion of Japan |
| YAMATO EMPERORS | said were descended from sun goddess |
| KHMER EMPIRE | controlled empire in Cambodia (mainland of Southeast Asia); built huge Hindu temple in Anghor |
| ANGOR WAT | extensive city-and-temple complexes built by Khmer rulers |
| KORYU DYNASTY | adopted civil service exams in Korea |
| HEIAN PERIOD | focus on art, culture, & etiquette |
