Empires and Cultures of Asia
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- Archipelago
- A large group of islands
- Monsoon
- A seasonal wind that blows across South Asia bringing dry weather in the winter and heavy rains in the summer
- Hiimalayas
- The world's highest mountain range, forming the nothern border of the Indian subcontinent
- Mount Everest
- The tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet
- Tibetan Plateau
- A high mountain plateau in Asia
- Gobi Desert
- A large desert in east-central Asia
- Sultan
- Supreme ruler of the Ottoman empire
- Grand Mufti
- A religious leader of the Ottoman empire responsible for intierpreting the laws of Islam.
- Osman
- Founder of the Ottoman empire
- Suleyman
- Sultan of the Ottoman empire during its peak
- Sinan
- Suleyman's chief architect
- Istanbul
- Formerly known as Constantinople..largest city in present day Turkey
- Anatolia
- Asia Minor.... peninsula in western Asia
- Akbar
- ruler of Mogul empire in India from 1556-1605
- Shah Jahan
- Mogul emperor of India...built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife
- Mumataz Mahal
- Wife of Shah Jahan the Taj Mahal was built in her memory
- Agra
- City in north-central India capital of the Mogul empire around 1564-1658
- Taj Mahal
- a grand tomb in Agra India built by Mogul Shah Jahan to honor his wife
- Mekong River
- river in SE Asia flows from tibet to the South China Sea
- Tonle Sap
- a lake in western Cambodia
- Angkor
- ruined city in Cambodia capital of the Khmer around 850-1430
- Phnom Penh
- capital of Cambodia first became capital during the Khmer rule in the 1400's
- Jayvarman II
- one of the first kings of Cambodia
- Suryavarman II
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Khmer king who filled his capital city of Angkor with magnificent Hindu temples
1100's - Grand Canal
- a waterway in China connecting Beijing with cities to the south
- Genghis Kahn
- Mogul conqueror... at its peak his empire included China, western Asia and parts of Eastern Europe
- Kublai Kahn
- Grandson of Genghis Kahn founder of China's Yuan Dynasty
- Marco Polo
- Italian merchant who traveled to China where he lived for 17 years at times serving as a diplomat for Kublai Kahn
- Beijing
- captial of the People's Republic of China first became the capital during the rule of Kublai Kahn in the 1200's
- Forbidden City
- walled area in Beijing built in 1417-1420 during the Ming dynasty....contained the palaces of the emperors
- Shinto
- Japanese religion marked by belief in the spirits of nature
- Shogun
- ruler of feudal Japan from the 1100's to the 1800's who although appointed by the emperor, ruled the country as a military dictator
- samurai
- class of soldiers in fuedal Japan who were loyal only to their lords
- Yoritomo
- Japanese shogun who in 1192 attained supreme power from the emperor and ruled the country as a military dictator
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Shogun or military commander...his family's rule kept Japan peaceful for more than 200 years
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu
- Japanese author who wrote The Tale of the Genji which is thought to be the world's first novel
- Edo
- former name for Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoto
- city in Japan...formerly the emperor's capital during the rule of the shoguns
- Toyko
- capital and the largest city in Japan