Chapter 14 People
ppl from book and wrights notes
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- Izanagu and Izanami
- creation myth: brother and sister dipped spear into the churning sea , pulled it out and the drops of brine created the islands of Japan
- Kublai Khan
- 1st great general of China, grandson of Cenghis Khan, ruled 1260-1294, extended Mongol rule beyond China, conquered Korea and SE Asia, twice TRIED to invade Japan using CHinese and Korean ships
- Kublai Khan
- mommas boy, influenced by his mother Mrs Beki (didnt want to spell her first name), raised by her and her Christian ways, Mongols didnt trust him because "he was becoming Chinese" refleting his advice from Chns advisors, balanced Chinese and Mongol ideas
- Lady Shikibu Murasaki
- 1010: The Tale of Genji: the first novel, life and love of fictional Prince Genji, poems of beauty and nature
- Khanate of the Great Khan
- mongolia and China Khan
- Tai Cong
- Taizong (lawcode, calligraphy), civil service (meritocracy)
- Sei Shoagan
- The Pillow Book
- Kublai Khan
- government documants written in Mongol and then translated to Chinese, highest positions in the emperors court were given to Mongols or foreigners
- Marco Polo
- Kublais sex slave, one of the foreigners to recieve power, "arrived" in China 1271, stayed 17 years (over stay), traveling through Mongol territory on the Khans missions, Prince of Liars
- Gaozong
- 649: suceeded Tai Cong as emperor of China, wife: Empress Wu (she did all the work, expanded bureacracy and strengthened military forces)
- Marco Polo
- 1275, "Description of the World", Rustichello is his man
- Kublai Khan
- most famous relative of Genghis, 1215-1294, Yuan Dynasty, united China, foreign trade and contacts, made changes to government, shangdu
- Kamakura Shogunate
- 1185-1333, military government from Kamakura near present Tokyo, quite strong
- Hirohito
- tradtion of 3 gifts ruined by him! claimed to be Amaterasu's descendent, but in 1945 After the Japanese defeat in WWII the Emperor _____ announced that he did not posses divine status
- Zhu Yuanzhang
- 1368: young buddhist monk, led army against the capital and overthrew the Yuan dynasty
- Li Yuan
- 618: took control of country from Sui dynasty and proclaim himself emperor, establishing Tang dyansty: 618-907, expanded the borders
- Batu
- 1230s-1240s Mongol army led by him, conquesred east Slavic lands and crossed the Carpathian Mnts, entered Russia after Ogadai died
- Li Bo
- Taoism, lifes pleasures, friendship, drinking: ahah died from drinking and then fell out of a boat and couldnt swim SUCKER
- Yang Jian
- 589: north offical, united China by conquering both north and south, renewed goals and tradtions of Han dynasty, Public work: repair Great Wall, constructed Grand Canal, rebuilt former capital Changan, used FORCED laborers; Emperor Wen
- Yi Sun shin
- ironclad warships: "turtle ships", devastated Japanese fleets in 1592
- Emperor Wen
- Public works, renewed goals and tradtions of Han dynasty, united China
- Tsuki yumi
- moon god
- Badass Empress Wu
- 668: Korea, little support had to win loyalty, bold actions: cutting throat of misbehaving horse, had child, killed child, blamed it on the other wife, raised salaries, cut taxe, fake Buddhists scriptures proving her power, BAD ASSscary*****!
- Tomo
- the female warrior in Minamoto family
- Zhao Kuangyuin
- seized throne and established the Song dynasty, nomadic ppl captured the Song capital Kaifeng, so Song rulers set up royal court in southern city: HANGZHOU
- Yoritomo Minamoto
- head of Minamoto family, emperor gave him the title shogun, high power: taxes roads ect., had court in captal Kyoto, he and his soliders ran a shogunate, Kublai Khan tired to invade
- Prince Shotoku
- AD 600s, Tang Dynasty, "Heavenly Emperor", decided to learn Japanese ways himelf not through Korea, liked it and was eager to spread politics and education, adopted law code like China
- Khanate of Changatai
- central asia Khan
- Marco Polo
- passport made of gold, escorted the Mongol Princess to Iran, retrienved sacred oils from Christs tomb in Jerusalem for Khubilai, loved the horses (umm weird?)
- Amaterasu
- sun goddess, loved most of all, gave life to everything, her children are all over the earth, she hides in a cave and the world goe dark
- Ikhanate
- Persia Khan
- Ogadai Khan
- conquested toward the west after Genghis Khan died
- Tai Cong
- alot like Justinian: law code, wanted best for country, both historians; Military genius, son of Li Yuan, warrior and shrewd administrator, strong governemnt in China, maintained control while expanding
- Khanate of the Golden Horn
- Russia, Tartar Yoke Khan
- Xuanzang
- 712, Empress Wu's grandson, became emperor of China, welcomed artisans to his court, Tang arts flourished: translucent pottery - "china"
- Duo Fu
- wrote about war and soliders life, was once imprisoned, condemed court life, produced works at Xuanzang's court
- Jimmu
- Ninigi's grandson, conquered the rest of Susanowo's descendents in 660 BC: becoming the first emperor of Japan
- Timur Lenk
- 1390s Turkish Mongol chief, began as small nomadic ruler and extended rule through war, devout Muslim, his influential region: Samaskand, died 1405 and buried at Smasand
- Genghis Khan
- northern China: 1211, organized armies into disciplined cavalry units, Mongol law code Yasa, original name Temujin, set out to create a large empire
- King Sejong
- 1 of the greatest Yi rulers, made bronze rain measurerers and created Hangul: simplified written language--easier to learn promotes literacy
- Helagu
- 1258: captured Baghdad, enslaved the ppl, set back to Islamic, mongol advanced stop by the Mamluks (muslim military group that ruled Egypt
- Susanowo
- the storm god, fierce temper, ruined his sister's rice crop and so frightened he that she his in a cave, first descendents were the ppl of Japan, continued the special Amateurism's gfts (mirror sword jewel)
- Li Bo
- moved place to place, over 2000 poems, lifes treasures
- Ninigi
- sun goddess grandson, sent to govern descendents on the island of Honshu, all acknowleged his dvine power,she gave him: SWORD, MIRROR, Jewel
- Temujin
- 1206 Mongol leader organized scattered clans under one government, Yasa, military campaigns, Genghis Khan