asian 101

Question 1

set styles of lightning-quick cavalry attacks from the fortified center of Kamenka in the Russian Ukraine.

Answer 1

The Scyths

Question 2

are considered a branch of the Hsiung-nus were more superior than the Vandals of Europe. The Huns were Asiatic who pressured upon the Germanic tribes, pushing past the Slavs and Germans in the fifth century and established a short-lived empire in the Great Danube plain

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the huns

Question 3

is sandwiched between the frigid lands of the Arctic Ocean and Tibet and between the deserts east of the Caspian Sea and those of North China

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north asia

Question 4

live in the eastern part of Central Asia near Lake Baikal and the headwater of Amur River. The Mongol people lived in a small group of few families with their own yurts

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the mongols

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the resultant peace initiated by Liu-Bang brought the stability necessary for culture to again thrive and grow.

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Han Dynasty

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known as Han Wu the Great

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wu ti

Question 7

the period known as Western Han and its demise led to the establishment of the Eastern Han period.

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Xin Dynasty

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it is often called ‘House of the Dead’. Etymologically speaking t is fusion of two Tartar words ‘sib’ (sleep) and ‘ir’ (land) which coincidentally mean ‘sleeping land.”

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Siberia

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who persuaded Attila to spare Rome

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Pope Leo the Great

Question 10

the homeland of Genghis Khan and his ancestors

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Mongolia

Question 11

were responsible for military training of the tribes, organized hunts designed at least in part, as military exercises

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The chieftains

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was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767.

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The Ayutthaya Kingdom also spelled Ayudhya or Ayodhaya

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was based on the island of Java (part of modern-day Indonesia),that existed from 1293 to circa 1500

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Majapahit Empire

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was one of the last major empires of the region and is considered to be one of the greatest and most powerful empires in the history of Indonesia and Southeast Asia,

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Majapahit Empire

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was the first major Indonesian kingdom and the first major Indonesian commercial sea power

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The Hindu-Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya

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established themselves in a region which becomes known as Champa

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The Cham

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was the first large southeast Asian civilizations

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Funan

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is commonly defined as the East of India and South of China.

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Southeast Asia

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(also known as Daoism) is a Chinese philosophy attributed to Lao Tzu

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Taoism

Question 20

encompasses the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the Japanese people

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Shintō

Question 21

where did the Initial Conquests of Gengish Khan began?

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the Tangut kingdom of Hsi Hsia (Xi Xia), a northwestern border-state of China

Question 22

what were the military practices of gengish khan?

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superior strategy and tactics rather than to numerical strength. Mongol armies were chiefly composed of cavalry which afforded them a high degree of mobility and speed

Question 23

what was the organization of gengish khan’s empire

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pastoralism and a decentralized patrilineal system of clans.

Question 24

a Mongol word which denotes the supremacy over a certain number of tribes rather than a clearly defined territory.

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ulus

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became ruler of the western part of the steppes (modern northern Xinjiang and western Mongolia).

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2. Ögödei

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the youngest, received the eastern part—the original homeland of the Mongols together with the adjacent parts of north China

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Tolui

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received the lands of Khara-Khitai (modern northern Iran and southern Xinjiang).

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3. Chagatai

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ruled over southwest Siberia and west Turkistan (an area later known as the territory of the Golden Horde).

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Jöchi,

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kuriltai

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general assembly

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He claimed descent from Genghis Khan and set out to restore the Mongolian Empire.

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Tamerlane

Question 31

covers 17% of the land area of the continent of Asia, which includes most of China (world’s largest nation in population).

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East Asia

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has been called the ‘Sleeping Giant’ and ‘topsy-turvy land’

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china

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meaning central state’ or middle empire’.

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Zhongguo

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was considered, for many years, more myth than fact until excavations in the 1960’s and 1970’s CE

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Xia Dynasty

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was the ruler in the kingdom of Shang who, around 1600 BCE, led a revolt against Jie, the last Xia ruler and defeated his forces at the Battle of Mingtiao

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Tang

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is also known as the Imperial Era in China.

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Qin Dynasty

Question 37

in what era was the great wall of china built

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ming dynasty

Question 38

in what era was the great wall of china commisioned to be built

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Qin dynasty

Question 39

in what era was the legend of hua mulan created

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Sui Dynasty

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is considered the `golden age’ of Chinese civilization

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Tang Dynasty

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was founded by the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan who made Daidu or Dadu (today’s Beijing) the imperial capital.

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Yuan Dynasty

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became the first ruler, and he was the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor, the semi-legendary Emperor Jimmu

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Ninigi

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The first historical period of Japan

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The Jomon Period

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was the first dynasty to rule over the whole of the Korean peninsula

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Unified Silla Kingdom