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Midterm People [Set 1]
First 20 people
24
History
10th Grade
01/15/2009

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Mansa Musa
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(r.1312-1332), ruler of Mali, pilgrimage to Mecca
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Ibn Battua
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Ibn Battua
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Empress Wu
Definition
wife of Goazong (Tang Dynasty), she really led govt.
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Zheng He (Cheng Ho)
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Chinese Muslim, commander of exploration fleet
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Kubli Khan
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(r. 1260-1294) ruled Yuan dynasty, Mongol emperor
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Marco Polo
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Venetian, arrived in China 1271, world venture
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Li Bo
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poet from Tang dynasty
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Zhu Yuanzhang (Hong Wu)
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started Ming dynasty, from peasant family
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King Sejong
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Korean Yi dynasty, hangul, created simple writing to spread literature
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Admiral Yi-Sun-shin
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invented ironclad “turtle ships”
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Lady Shikibu Murasaki
Definition
wrote The Tale of Genji (A.D. 1010), which was the worlds first novel
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Lady Shikibu Murasaki
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wrote The Tale of Genji (A.D. 1010), which was the worlds first novel
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Lady Shikibu Murasaki
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wrote The Tale of Genji (A.D. 1010), which was the worlds first novel
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Lady Shikibu Murasaki
Definition
wrote The Tale of Genji (A.D. 1010), which was the worlds first novel
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Lady Shikibu Murasaki
Definition
wrote The Tale of Genji (A.D. 1010), which was the worlds first novel
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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made govt. headquarters at Edo (Tokyo), sankin-kotai, daimyos (lords) to travel to Edo every other year
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King Suryavrman II
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had Angkor Wat constructed
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Henri Mouhot
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discovered Angkor Wat (18th century), French Naturalist
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Trunk Trak & Trung Nhi
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sisters, revolted successfully against Chinese
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Temujin, aka Genghis Khan
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united Mongols in 1206, made law system (Yasa)
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Batu
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general for Ogadi Khan (Ghenghis’ succesor), came back from his mission when Ogadi died
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Chagatai Khan
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oversaw execution of the Yasa (law system)
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Kubli Khan
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(r.1260-1294) first Mongol emperor of China, conquered Korea
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good work guys
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