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Asia
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11/21/2005

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yurt
Definition
mongolian mobile tent-house
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Mongols
Definition
largest continuous land empire, fought on horseback, territories became seperate eventually
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Genghis Kahn
Definition
military leader, name meant universal rule
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Yasa
Definition
code of laws for Mongols
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Khan
Definition
absolute ruler
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seige warfare
Definition
learned from chinese, gunpowder, storming ladders, battering rams
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Mongol peace
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allowed people to trade freely all over the world
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mongol disintegration
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Kublai Khan- Genghis's grandson
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Timur Link
Definition
Devout muslim, brutality, tirkish/mongol, samarkand- founded this city, brought artists
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archipelagos
Definition
chains of islands
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adoption of indian culture
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sanskrit language, hinduism, buddhism, about AD 100's- earliest interaction of SE asia and india, Indian stories
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animism
Definition
spirits inhabit living and nonliving things
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the Khmer
Definition
source of wealth- rice
splendor of the court- known for this
Angkor Wat- tmeple, spent lots of $ on it, cost their society,Suryavarman II built it
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Vietnam
Definition
chinese domination/cultural influences
dinh=spirit house
spoken language- had their own, used chinese writing
song dynasty
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myanmar
Definition
westernmost part of SE asia
rural, fortified city- kept from onslaught of Mongols
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the Thai
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ethnic group
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seafaring kingdoms
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Indonesian crossroads
spread of islam
Bali- one place not islam
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shamanism
Definition
good + evil spirits
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tripitaka koreana
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largest collection of Buddhist scriptures
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korean confucianism
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brought women down to less rights than with animism and shamanism
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hangul
Definition
korean alphabet
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island geography
Definition
isolation affected development
food from the sea
nature
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Yamato Clan
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decline of power- took ceremonial position
Soga family had the real power
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Nara period
Definition
literature- Genji
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shogun/shogunate
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general/military gov.
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kaimkazze
Definition
divine wind
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samurai
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landowner/warriors
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daimyo
Definition
the most powerful samurai
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za
Definition
guilt- chinese
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