vhapter 4 Flashcards
Shogun
A shogun (将軍 shōgun ?, [ɕoːɡu͍ɴ] ( listen)) was a hereditary military dictator in Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions). In this period, the shoguns were the de facto rulers of the country; although nominally they were appointed by the Emperor as a ceremonial formality.
Samural
a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
Steppe
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In physical geography, a steppe (Old Russian: степ [step], grassland) is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Steppe
In physical geography, a steppe (Old Russian: степ [step], grassland) is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Slavs
a member of a group of peoples in central and eastern Europe speaking Slavic languages.
Principality of kiev
Principality of Kiev
The Principality of Kiev was a Ruthenian state in the regions of central Ukraine around the city of Kiev that existed after the fragmentation of the Kievan Rus’ in the early 12th century
Leif Ericson
Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer and the first known European to have discovered North America, before Christopher
Vineland sagas
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga series written and drawn by award-winning manga author Makoto Yukimura. Wikipedia
Danelaw
The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Old English: Dena lagu; Danish: Danelagen), as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
Silk roads
The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean. Because China silk comprised a large proportion of the trade along this ancient road, in 1877, it was named the ‘Silk Road’ by Ferdinand von Richthofen, an eminent German geographer.
Epitahs
a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
Empress wu
Wu Zetian, also known as Wu Zhao, Wu Hou, and during the later Tang dynasty as Tian Hou, referred to in English as Empress Consort Wu or by the deprecated term “Empress Wu”, was a Chinese sovereign who …
Civil service exam
examinations (also public tendering) are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service. They are intended as a method to achieve an effective, rational public administration on a merit system.
Paper money
bills were first used by the Chinese, who started carrying folding money during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) — mostly in the form of privately issued bills of credit or exchange notes — and used it for more than 500 years before the practice began to catch on in Europe in the 17th century
Movable type
Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document (usually individual letters or punctuation) usually on the medium of paper which was first invented in
