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| What was Japan formed from? |
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| Agriculture and landforms |
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*15 percent of land is flat enought to farm on
*there are volcanoes,tidal waves, earthquakes and hurricanes
*few natural fuels
*mild climate
*abundant fish |
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religion meaning way of the gods
*based on respect of nature and ancestors
*things in nature are home to divine spirits
*strong unifying force |
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| Japans influental neighbors |
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people related by blood or marraige
*land was main source of wealth
* land was often fought for bucuse there was so little available for cultivation |
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came from yamato clan
*very powerful clan |
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impressed by chinese culture
*opened a japanese embassy in china
*made laws (called seventeen article constitution)
*encouraged buddhism which challenged shinto |
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* based on teachings of siddartha guatama
*arrived to japan in 500s A.D.
* had shotokus support
* different buddhism sects
-tendai (study of texts)
-shingon (complex rituals)
-amida (salvation in pure land after death)
-zen (something divine in everybody) |
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*self discipline
*simplicity
*meditation
*inner peace
* great influence on japanese culture |
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| *both characters for sounds and specific objects actions or ideas |
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Noh- retellings of folktales or legends
kabuki- melodramatic singing and dancing ( more informal than noh) |
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written by lady murusaki shikibu
*about a prince in the imperial court
* importantdevelopment of japanese literature |
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haiku- 5,7,5
wrote abt rejection, love, nature |
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*wrote with brushes and ink on paper
* used calligraphy
* used brush painting on paper and silk
* often depicted landscapes or daily life |
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*ruled after shotukus death for 300 years
* declined when government ran out of money
*daimyo rose with power/ had samurais |
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| lord vassal system- protection for loyalty |
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means supreme commander of the army
* ruled on emporers behalf
* Minyamato Yoritomo was the frist shogun
*japan was under shogunate/ military government for 700 years |
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| Samurais and warrior code |
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* vowed to fight for their lord
*woman also could learn to use weapons o protect families and they could become samurais if they desired
* sumurais lived by the unwritten code of honor called bushido
*samurais were zen buddhist |
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reunited japan
*his soldiers were the first to use guns
* had control of half of japan before his death |
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*controlled all of japan before his death
* grew up under oda nobunaga |
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* was a shogun
* established capital of edo (tokyo) |
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| Korea landforms and agriculture |
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| chinese influences on korea |
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* rice cultivating
*paper making
*printing
*celadon (blueish green)
* confucianism & buddhism |
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1 silla kingdom
2koryo kingdom
3mongols invade
4yi family/ choson dynasty |
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1 chinese rule
2 vietnamese resistion of chinese culture
3Trung Nhi rebelled
4 vietnam broke free
5 establishe dai viet
afte rmany attacks kingdom became weak |
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prospered on cultivation of rice
* was strongly influenced by india |
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| home of temple angkor wat, largest religious structure in the world |
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