Unit 1 Vocab and MKD Flashcards
Cries and sobs in sadness and pain
Kow-tow
The act of showing deep respect by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground. Typically performed before the Emperor of China as a sign of resepct(and superiority by diplomats)
Tribute
Payment in money, goods, or labor to a government. Best example is China. Foreign regions that didn’t pay tribute to the Chinese emperor were not allowed to trade with them.
Neo-Confucianism.
A PHILOSOPHY that merged Confucian, Buddhist, and Dalits thought. Primarily developed during the Song dusty but can be traced to the Tang. Became the stare religion of CHina from the Ming Dynasty- 1949.
Is Confucianism a religion?
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Sinification
Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions, especially around East Asia.
Vassal state.
A state with varying degrees os independence in its internal affairs, but dominated by another state in its foreign affairs.
Vassal state alternate?
Tributary state.
Daimyo
Powerful territorial warlords in early feudal Japan.
Bushido.
The way of the warrior; unwritten behavior code widely observed by samurai in feudal Japan. loyalty, mastery of martial arts, and honor to the death.
Samurai
Mounted troops; loyal to the local lords and not the emperor.
Shogun
Term that refers to a Japanese military general.9practical leader)
Bafuku(Shoganate)
‘Tent government” the feudal military dictatorship of Japan.
When did bafuku happen
1192
Caliph
Political and religious successor to Muhammad
Caliphate
A form of Islamic government led by a caliph.
Sharia
A body of law governing the lives of Muslims.
Dhimmi
“People of the book” - applied as inclusive term to Christians and Jews in Islamic territories. Eventually included Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Dar al-Islam
an Arabic term that means the “house of Islam’ and that refers to lands under Islamic rule.
Jizya
A yearly tax historically levied by Islamic states on dhimmis permanently living in Muslim lands.
Umma
The whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.
Manorial system
Describes economic relations between landlords and peasant laborers - involved a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations that exchanged labor or rent for access to land nad protection.
feudalism
Social and political organization of the Middle Ages whereby grants of land or fiefs were exchanged for formal oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal services.
Chivalry
Unwritten code of behavior for European knights stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion.
Serfdom
Form of coercive labor - peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate.
