Asian History (Major) Flashcards
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Known as Roof of the World
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Pamir (South Asia)
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Longest mountain range in Asia
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Himalaya
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Worlds highest mountain also known as house of snow
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Mount Everest (Nepal, Tibet)
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Worlds highest plateau
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Tibet
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worlds largest archipelago
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Indonesia
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Known as China’s sorrow
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Huang he river
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Worlds largest lake or inland sea
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Caspian Sea
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Worlds deepest lake
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Lake Baikal
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Body of water with lowest elevation from sea level and with highest level of salinity
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Dead Sea
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Longest river in Asia
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Yangtze river
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This country has the worlds largest oil reserves and is the worlds largest oil producer
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Saudi Arabia
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This country is also known as Guardian of the (Persian) gulf
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Oman
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This is transcontinental country the bridge between Europe and Asia
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Turkey
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It is referred to as land of the Cedars
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Lebanon
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It means to seas in Arabic
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Bahrain
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This country is the result of the united seven Trucial states in the area
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UAE
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It is also known as Zhongguo meaning middle kingdom
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China
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This country means fragrant Harbor
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Hong Kong
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What is the first European colony in east Asia that was establish in 1987
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Macau
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It is formerly known as for Formossa
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Taiwan
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Japanese call their country as - which means sun origin
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Nippon
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It is the worlds coldest desert which is situated in Mongolia
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Gobi desert
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It serves as a buffer state between Russia and China
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Mongolia
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The three major rivers of Indian subcontinent
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Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra
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Punjab means
Five rivers
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Sri Lanka is also known as
Ceylon
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If is where Noah’s ark came to rest after the flood
Mount Ararat (Armenia)
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Worlds largest landlocked country
Kazakhstan
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It means land of the 40 tribes
Kyrgyzstan
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It is the most populous island in Indonesia
Java
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It is ranked third in the worlds countries with biggest oil reserves
Brunei
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It means land of the free
Thailand
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It means East
Timor, in Timor-Leste
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It is considered as the richest part of the seas
Coral triangle
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It is also known as the computer country of Asia
Singapore
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It is also known as the land of the golden pagodas
Myanmar
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What is formally known as kampuchea
Cambodia
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It is the degradation of the soil of its nutrients to support plant and animal life
Desertification
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You simply put the amount of nature needed to support human life
Ecological footprint
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It is a possible ape-form ancestor of present humans because of the resemblance of its death with ours
Dryopithecus
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A more develop ape-form ancestor found in Siwalik Hills, India; appeard around 14 million years ago
Ramapithecus
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It is the first of the ape-form ancestors to be considered a hominid size of brain is same with modern humans
Australopithecus africanus
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It is called as “man of skill” or handyman” since they use stones (from cooled lava) for activities like to cut meat
Homo habilis
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It is called as upright man appeared around 500 years ago
Homo erectus
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The size of the skull is same to modern humans it appeared around 250 years ago
Homo sapiens
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It’s probably appeared during the ice age in Europe around 70,000 years ago
Neanderthal
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The fully developed Homo sapiens who appeared around 35,000 years ago
Homo sapiens sapiens
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Humans live a nomadic life; living of hunting and gathering food such as fruits
Paleolithic period
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The top three differences of Paleolithic men with other animals
1. having an upright posture that enables him to use his hands to create and utilize his tools
2. Having an ability to speak into receive information from the message
3. Having a significantly bigger brain size
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This is the most important discovery; controlled use of fire
Paleolithic period
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Humans live in a permanent construction and in groups and learn to sharpen and to make use of tools
Neolithic period
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Animism and handicraft developed
Neolithic period
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Domestication of animals started
Neolithic period
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Homosapien sapiens is the only human species that live with the start of this period.
Neolithic period
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What is the most important discovery specially when it comes to agriculture
Neolithic period
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Its a belief who has caste system
Hinduism
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The 4 class of caste system of Hinduism
Brahmin, Kshatri-ya, Vaishya, Sudra
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Hinduism believe in -
Karma and reincarnation
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this belief gives importance to brotherhood, purity, and humility
Buddhism
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Founder of Buddhism
Ashoka
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This belief states that China is in and is the center of the world
Sinocentrism
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they focuses in the good behaviors or morality of man
Propriety
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It was introduced to monitheism
Judaism
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Recognizes the emperor as a descendant of the Sun Goddess, making the former the most powerful leader; ordinary citizens, then view themselves as the superior race
Divine Origin
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This civilization lies in the fertile crescent, the strip of and between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates; the whole area of the river is now part of Iraq
Tigris-Euphrates Civilization
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first great leader of Semites and founded the first empire
Sargon I
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First empire in the world
Akkadian
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It became known under the rule of Hammurabi
Babylonian
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A set of political, civil, and economic laws
Hammurabi's Code
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The chief god of babylonian
Marduk
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They are the first one who used iron to their weapons in warfare also used horses and chariots
Hittites
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first great Assyrian ruler
Tiglath Plieser I
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Assyrian's center
Assur
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The next Assyrian ruler; under his rule, Assyria reached its peak
Ashurnasirpal II
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Capital of Assyrian
Nineveh
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the chief god of Assyrian
Ashur
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This was known for the most brute and ferocious rule enforcement
Assyrian
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Oldest citystate
Ur
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They practices polytheism
Sumerian
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Firstwriting system
cuneiform
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Pyramid like temple governed by a concept of theocracy
Ziggurat
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they are the first one who created bronze and wheels and use lunar calendar
Sumerian
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they develop sexagesimal system
Sumerian
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The greatest ruler of Chaldean
Nebuchadnezzar
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Under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Chaldeans invaded Jerusalem, and brought thousands of Jews to Babylonia as slaves
Babylonian Captivity
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one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Hanging Gardens
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They are very interested in astronomy and the were nicknamed as
stargazers of babylon
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The zodiac came from them as they believed that the stars and constellations have an affect on man's fate
Chaldean
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the first leader of Persians who allowed different religions to exist under his rule
Cyrus the Great
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He annexed Iran, Indus valley and more; this made Persia the most powerful empire in the ancient world
Darius the Great
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The term for Persia's provinces; for a higher government's efficiency. It's governors are called satrap
Satrapy
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Persia's official religion, founded by Zoroaster
Zoroastrianism
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chief god or the god of truth of persian
Ahura Mazda
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Known as the greatest merchants of the ancient world
Phoenician
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the first to make glass bottles
Phoenician
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most important contribution of Phoenician that was borrowed by the greek
Phoenician alphabet
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Lord of the Heavens
Ba'al
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Goddess of Byblos
Ba'alat
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He led the Jewish people
Abraham
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They introduced monotheism
Hebrew
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This civilization has a concept of urban planning like construction of floodways.
Indus Valley Civilization
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On this book it shows that they were delivered from slavery and left Egypt
Exodus
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first nomad to occupy Indus
Aryans
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consists of four collections of prayer, oration, and ritual guidelines
Veda
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The oldest and most important of the four Vedas
Rig Vida
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This system is known as Varna in Rig VEda
Caste System
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the beggars or anyone who has the lowest in Caste System
untouchables
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what do you call the kind of job who is a priest and scholars
Brahmins
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what do you call the kind of job who is the warrior/army
Kshatriya
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what do you call the kind of job who is the merchant and farmers
vaishya
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what do you call the kind of job who is the artisan
sudra
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Who grabbed the power of Alexander the Great when he died during Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
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Author of Arthasastra, a book on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy
Chanakya
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Under his rule, Maurya is on it's peak
Ashoka
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Ashoka turned to this belief for self renewal
Buddhism
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Empire founded by Gupta (golden age of hinduism)
Gupta Empire
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Discovered that plates rotate on their axis
Aryabhata
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greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language of India
Kalidasa
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Huang is the Chinese word for ?
yellow and it refers to fine, yellow sediments
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first to provide a written history of chna
Shang Dynasty
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proof that they have a writing system
Oracle bones
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This dynasty practiced animism
Shang Dynasty
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It has the longest reign of any dynasty
Zhou (chou) dynasty
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On this dynasty, Confucius was born
Zhou dynasty
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They exercised feudalism, built roads and made coins and also they use iron and bronze for weapons and farming tools
Zhou dynasty
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He became the emperor of Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty at the age of 13
Shi Huangti
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On this dynasty, great wall of china was built for defense against invaders
Qin Dynasty
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He founded the Han Dynasty and even exercised a centralized government
Liu Pang
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Under his rule, the civil service has started
Wu Ti
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On this Dynasty, paper and silk road became known
Han Dynasty
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the first great historian of china during han dynasty
Ssuma Chien
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A short dynasty but laid as the foundation of Golden age of china
Sui Dynasty
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During his rule, Grand canal was built. connecting Yangtze and Huang he rivers
Yang Ti
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This dynasty was founded by Sung Taitsu
Sung Dynasty
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On this dynasty, they discovered a magnetic compass, paper printing and gunpowder
Sung Dynasty
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He successfully invaded china in 1729 during Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khai
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He became a curt official under Khan
Marco Polo
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Known as the greatest leader during Muslim invasion of India
Tamerlane
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During his rule, it was the golden age of Mughal Empire
Akbar
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His name means Grasper of the world
Jahangir
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His name means king of the world; he ordered for Taj Mahal to be built as a tomb for his wife
Shan Hajan
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Last ruler of Mughal Empire
Aurangzeb
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First settlers of Japan
Ainu
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this empire was founded by Jimmu
Yamato Empire
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The first japan's emperor
Jimmu
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It is the first capital of Japan
Nara
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written by Shotoku, it is written set of laws of Japan
Seventeen Articles
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Second Capital of Japan
Heian
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The world's first full length novel
The tale of genji
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The tale of genji was authored by
Murasaki Shikibu
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a hereditary military dictator; the ceremonial representatives of the emperor
Shogun
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Shogunate was founded by - meaning tent government
Yoritomo Kamakura
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military governors
daimyo
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the military officials tasked to serve their lords
samurai
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code of ethics that is followed by samurais
bushido
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They defeated Mongol's invasion twice
Kamakura Shogunate
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warring states
Sengoku
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he introduced firearms in Japan
Odu Nobunaga
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he became known during kamakura shogunate
toyotomi hideyoshi
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It is also known as Muromachi Period
Ashikaga Shogunate
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This was founded by Ashikaga Takauchi
Ashikaga Shogunate
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It is considered as the weakest Shogunate
Ashikaga Shogunate
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tokugawa Shogunate was founded by
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Tokugawa Shogunate moved to he capital to Edo or in present day the -
Tokyo
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Definition of alternate attendance policy
forced vacation of daimyos with their family
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a powerful empire is considered to be powerful when ?
it has control over a large area of sea routes and ports
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This empire was founded by Jayavarman II
Khmer Empire
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Capital of Cambodia
Angkor
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Grandest work of architecture under Jayavarman's reign
Angkor Wat
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It was governed by Ly Dynasty and even became part of China until 939
Annam Empire
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Most important contribution by the Chinese during Annam empire in Vietnam
Buddhism
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Muang Thai means
land of the free
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Sukhotai Kingdom was founded by
Rama Kanken
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First king of burma
Anawatra
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He reunited the nation again during Burmese Empire
Buying Naung
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The capital of Burmese until 1581
Pegu
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Malay Asia is consist of
Malay Peninsula, Indonesia and Philippines
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It is composed of Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Timor-Leste and Singapore
Malay Archipelago
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A state that has a rule over the sea
Thalassocracy
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This empire controlled and taxed over sea routes of Malacca Strait, Kendah Strait, and Sunda Strait in exchange of protection from pirates
Srivijaya Empire
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Srivijaya Empire was annexed by
Madjapahit Empire
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Sailendra empire began around - in Java
8th century AD
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last Hindu Empire that reigned in Malay Archipelago
Madjahapit Empire
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Madjahapit was founded by
Raden Widjaya
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Also known as Hermit Kingdom
Korean Civilization
186
first kingdom in Korea
Gojoseon Kingdom
187
Gojoseon was founded by
Dangun Wanggeon
188
Gojoseon was divided into two:
Koguryo and Paekche, Shilla
189
chieftan of Goguryeo kingdom and he developed military
Dongmyeong
190
This kingdom is from northern part of Korean peninsula to Manchuria
Goguryeo Kingdom
191
This kingdom was found in the southwest part of Korean peninsula
Baekje Kingdom
192
This kingdom was found in the southeast part of Korean peninsula
Silla Kingdom
193
He founded Yi Dynasty
Sejong the great
194
Korean's alphabet
Hangul
195
The golden age of korea
Goryeo Kingdom
