KIEV AND EARLY RUSSIA
Steppe
sparse, dry, treeless grassland
Genghis khan
rose from poverty to unite the warring mongol tribes
Koryo dynasty
a korean kingdom founded in 918
Etruscans
greek colonists whose city-states dotted southern Italy and the etruscans who lived mostly north of rome
Kiev
capital of medieval Russia and of present-day Ukraine
Kublai khan
the grandson of Genghis Khan
Celadon
a term for potterty denoting both wares glazed in the Jade green celedon, color, also known as greenware
Republic
a form of government in which people choose their officials is today called a republic
Cyrillic
Relating to the slavic alphebet derived from the Greek and traditionally attributed to s.t. cyril in modified form still used in modern slavic languages
Yuan dynasty
chinese dynasty ruled by the mongols from 1279 to 1368
Hangul
the korean alphebet
dictator
a ruler who has complete control over a government
Golden Horde
A group of settled mongols who ruled over Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Moldova
Tang dynasty
chinese dynasty from 618 to 907
Samarai
the warriors of premodern Japan
legion
the basic military unit was legion
Boyers
Land owning noble Russia under the Tsars
Zheng He
Bushido
the code of honor and morals developed by the japanese samorai
inflation
the rapid rise of prices