China and Mongals
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- Tang Dynasty
- Dynasty replaced Sui in China (618-907 CE)
- Magnetic Compass
- Navigation tool invented during Song Dynasty that allow the Chinese become a maritime power by the time of the Ming Dynasty
- kublai khan
- mongol leader of the yuan dynasty
- land equalization system
- the process of redistributing the land after sui conquest, returning the land to the peasants(before the nobles had control of the land
- Bubinic Plague
- Disease that spread from Europe, across Silk Road, lead to deaths and the fall of Yuan Dynasty
- Yuan Dynasty
- Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols (1279-1368 CE)
- Champa Rice
- fast growing rice from Vietnam acquired by the Chinese during colinization
- golden horde
- mongol khanate that conquered russia and demanded excessive tribute from the Russian leaders
- Khan
- Title given to Mongol leaders, meaning "supreme ruler"
- Partriarchal
- Male dominated family and social structure
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Buddhists who accept teachings of living and origional Buddha
- Chang'an
- Capital city of Sui and Tang Dynasties
- Junk
- Chinese boat used for trade and collecting tribute
- Gun Powder
- Explosive substance that gave Chinese an advantage over Mongals
- Movable Type
- Printing press where individual characters can be rearranged to print different documents
- Genghis Khan
- 1st great leader of the Mongol Empire
- Il-khan
- mongol dynaasty that ruled over Iran and Persia literally means "subordinate khan"
- Sui Dynasty
- 1st empire to unify China after fall of Han(581-618 CE)
- chagatai khanate
- mongol empire in central asia between the Il-khanate in persian and the yuan dynasty in china
- Grand Canal
- Man made water way connecting Yellow River with Yangtez River
- Song Dynasty
- Dynasty replaced the Tang (960-1279 CE)
- abacus
- chinese calculator, made with numerous wooden beads on connected downels
- steppe
- vast grasslands in central asia, home of the mongols and not good for agriculture
- Footbinding
- Process of wrapping young girls feet to stop growth, led to crppiling women for life
- neoconfucianism
- term that describesthe resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty
- Examination System
- System of using tests to get smartest people to work for the emperor
- Theravada buddhism
- Buddhists who only accept teaching of origional Buddah
- Tributary System
- Alliances between cities where the weaker gov't gives stronger gov't $ in exchange for peace
- tax farming
- process of taxing farmers to fund the activites of the government and emperor
- Mongols
- nomadic tribal groups living in central asia to the north west of China