People
Chinese naval explorer who sailed along most of the coast of Asia, Japan, and half way down the east coast of Africa before his death
Zheng He
Charlemagne's empire covered much of western and central Europe largest empire until Napoleon in 19th century
Carolingian Empire
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, protection of people who live on land
Feudalism
term that describes the resurgence of Confucianism and the influence of Confucian scholars during the T'ang dynasty a unification of Daoist or Buddhist metaphysics with Confucian pragmatism
Neoconfucianism
obligated loyalty or faithfulness
Fealty
A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name
Shogun
Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the 14 th and 15 th centuries dominated by the seminomadic Mexica, who had migrated into the region from northern Mexico
Aztec Empire
(960 1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military
Song Dynasty
A series of anti-Buddhist Laws enacted in Tang China during the 9th century CE
Edicts on Buddhism
sturdy boats built by Vikings that could survive in the oceans and navigate in rivers
Longboats
one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century
Vikings
Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes It lasted from 962 to 1806
Holy Roman Empire
618 907 CE) The Chinese dynasty that was much like the Han, who used Confucianism had the equal field system, a bureaucracy based on merit, and a Confucian education system
Tang Dynasty
one of several separate territories into which Genghis Khan's empire was split, each under the rule of one of his sons
Kahanate
Term that ancient China used to refer to themselves The believed they were the center of the Earth, or the Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
Daimyo
a civilization in the Andes Mountains in South America that by the end of the 1400 s was the largest empire in the Americas
Incan Empire
Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese style emperor included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army
Taika Reforms
Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China
Kublai Khan
Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller produced pain and restricted women's movement made it easier to confine women to the household
Foot Binding
The title of Temujin when he ruled the Mongols 1206 1227. His name means ' the universal leader' He was the founder of the Mongol Empire
Ghengis Khan
One of the largest empires in the history of the world established by Genghis Khan
Mongolian Empire
1279 1368 CE The dynasty with Mongol rule in China centralized with bureaucracy Mongols on top then Persian bureaucrats then Chinese bureaucrats
Yuan Dynasty
Third son of Genghis Khan Sent Mongol armies to invade Kiev/Russia, Hungary, Poland and Northern China
Ogedei Khan
This killed between 1/3 and 2/3 of the population in less than 5 years The epidemic spanned from China to England to North Africa, transmitted along the Silk Road and other routes
Black Death/Bubonic Plague