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| duke of tang.minister for yangdi. took over empire following the assasimation of yangdi. first emperor of the tang dynasty.took imperial title of gaozu. |
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| royal concubine during reign of Yuanzong.introduction of relatives into royal administation led to revolt |
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| kingdom of tangut people north of song kingdom in mid 11th century. collected tribute that drained song resources and burdened chinese peasantry. |
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| capital of later song dynasty. located near east china sea; permitted overseas trading: population exceeded 1 million |
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| member of prominent northern chinese family during peroid of 6 dynasty; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern China; established Sui dynasty |
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| emphasized salvationist aspects of chinese Buddhism; popular amongmasses fo chinese society |
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| leading chinese emperor of the tang dynasty who rigned from 713 ti 755 though he encouraged overexpansion |
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| confucian scholar and chief minister of a song emperor in 1070s, introduced sweeping reforms based on legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society |
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| founded in 907 by nomadic khitan peoples from manchuria; maintained independence from song dynasty in china |
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| chinese credit insturment that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency |
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| 2nd member of sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne; restored confucian exam system; responsible for construction of chinese canal system; killed in 618 |
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| chinese emperor of tang dynasty who openly persecured buddism by destroying monasteriws in 840s; reduced influence of chinese buddhism in favor of confucian ideology |
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| capital of tang dynasty; population of 2 million; larger than any other at the time. |
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| most famous poet of the tang era; blended images of the mundane world with philosophical musings. |
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| title granted to students who passed the most difficult chinese examination on all of chinese lit.; became emmediate dignitaries and aligible for high office |
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| built in the 7th century during reign of yangdi during sui dynasty; designed to link the original center of chinese civ. on the north china plain with the yangze river basin to the south; nearly 1200 miles long |
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| attempt to remake japanese monarch into an absolute chinese-style emperor; icluded attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army |
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| regional warrior leaders in japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public workd projects and collected revenues; built up private armies |
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| japanese aristocratic family in the mid9th century; execised exepional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. |
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| Warrior class during Japan's feudal age. mounted troops of japanese warrior leaders;loyal to local lords, not the emperor |
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| military leaders of the bakufu(military gov't in japan) |
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| extensive adaption of chinese culture in other regions; typical of korea and japan; less typical of vietnam |
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| military gov't established of the minamoto following the gempei wars; centered at kamakura; retained emperor but real power resided in military government and samurai |
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| replaced the kamakkura regime in japan; ruled from 1336 to 1573; destroyed rival yoshino center of imperial authority |
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| independent korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668 |
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| indianized rivals iof the vietnamese; driven into the highlands by the successful Vietnamese drive to the south. |
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| rival Vietnamese dynasty that arose in southern Vietnam to challenge traditional dynasty of Trinh in north at Hanoi; kingdom centered on Red and Mekong rivers; capital at Hue |
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| defeated the rival Taira family in gempei wars and established military gov't in 12th century |
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| a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333 |
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| nomadic peoples of manchuria; military superior to song dynasty china but influenced by chinese culture; forced humiliating treaties on song china in 11th century |
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| overthrew the liao dynasty of the khitans and established the Jin kingdom |
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