Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks.
What is Heian
100
mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders (bushi); loyal to local lords, not the emperor
What is Samurai
100
Nature spirits of Japan
What is Kami
100
Korean dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence.
What is Yi
100
Leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society.
What is Trung sisters
200
A sea between Europe and Asia
What is Black Sea
200
regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies
What is Bushi
200
Ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor.
What is Seppuku
200
Southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi.
What is Nguyen
200
Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions.
What is Sinification
300
Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies
What is Silla
300
Warrior family closely allied with the Minamota; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamota rulers who claimed to rule in name of the Japanese Emperor at Kyoto.
What is Hojo
300
The Post-Classical Period was only about expanding and creating new political and cultural borders for these three religions from 500-1450
What is Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
300
Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.
What is Fujiwara
300
Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by Northern government at Hanoi.
What is Khmers and Chams
400
Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by the Han in 109 BCE.
What is Choson
400
military leaders of the bakafu (military governments in Japan)
What is Shoguns
400
Waged for five years from 1180, on Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira.
What is Gempei Wars
400
Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government in 12th-century Japan.
What is Minamoto
400
Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society.
What is Tale of Genji
500
Coastal city-states like Kilwa, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain
What is gold, ivory, and iron
500
Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of the Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates
What is Daimyos
500
System in which people surrounding China sent emissaries who offered tribute to the Chinese emperor and acknowledged the superiority of the emperor and China.
What is Tribute System
500
Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South.
What is Trinh
500
Attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor (included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army.)