Chapter 14 Vocab Flashcards
Yang Jin
A Sui emperor who founded the empire
Xuanzang
A Man who traveled to India to study Buddhist texts
Sui dynasty
The Chinese dynasty that existed from 589-618 C E
The grand canal
A canal that helped to facilitate trade between northern and southern China
Tang Dynasty
The dynasty that came after the Sui dynasty
Tang Taizong
An emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Equal field system
Land given out to people based on their needs
Kowtow
To kneel and touch ones head to the ground as a subjection of submission
Uighurs
A member of northwestern China
Song Taizu
The founder of the Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
A dynasty that rose in 960 C E
Jin empire
The empire that existed after the Song Dynasty
Li Bai
A Chinese poet
Foot Binding
Tightly wrapping a young girls feet
Wu Zhao
The first female Chinese empress
Porcelain
Could be made into ultra thin pieces
Metallurgy
Metals that were found to be more useful were made into weapons
Gunpowder
Originally made by Alchemist trying to prolong life
Printing
A reverse image was carved into a block inked it and then placed on paper
Naval technologies
Ships were made water proof with oils and held together with iron nails
Paper money
Used in place of copper money
Chan/Zen Buddhism
Buddhism that held intuition and sudden flashes in high regard
Pure land Buddhism
Buddhism that held out the prospect of salvation
Neo-Confuscianism
Confucians who drew part of their teachings from Buddhism
Zhu Xi
A philosopher who helped to represent neo-Confucianism
Silla Dynasty
An Indian dynasty that had a political compromise with China
Nam Viet
The part of Vietnam that was controlled by China
Shinto
The popular Japanese religion
Heian Japan
The last division of Japanese classical period
The tale of Genji
A book written about an imperial prince and his hobbies
Shogun
A military governor who ruled in place if the emporer
Tokugawa dynasty
The dynasty that existed between 1600- 1900 C E
Samurai
Mounted warriors
