Tang
Which Dynasty was the bridge to the Tang Dynasty?
Sui
The Song developed a ___ to included scholars that were bureacrats and led based on intelligence and ability
Meritocracy
The Chinese made plows out of
Iron or steel
Chinese classics that CSE were based on
Confucian
The reforms to make Japan more Chinese
Taika
What did the Tang dynasty build to help unify that was used on the roads and canals (letters)
Postal System
The equal field system gave land to peasants to keep power from the
aristocracy
This invention led to more exploration in the Indian Ocean and was the favorite of one direction
Compass
The New relgion that found its way to China via trade
Buddhism
Japan brought Chinese traditions such as these to establish a bureacracy
CSE
What type of system did the Tang use to rule outlying areas.
Tribute
The Song used taxes and paid peasants to perform their stately duties, what effect did that have on the Chinese economy (positives)
Economy grew and prospered
New Ship design that was huge
Junk
The combination of Buddhism and Taoism led to ___ Buddhism
Zen
What did the reforms to make Japan More centralized nationalize
land
The Tang Dynasty re-instituted thses to unify China
CSE
The Song expanded the CSE to include what group
Peasants
The Chinese invention that changed the world and could cause countless deaths
Gunpowder
Neo-Confucianism combined what two concepts
rational thought and metaphysical world
The name given to the families that ruled during the decentralizing period after Chinese influence
Fujiwara
List two outlying areas that the Dynasty ruled different than the Ha
Central Asia, Manchuria, Vietnam
Under the Song leadership wealthy women practiced this for the sake of beauty
Foot Binding
A system of credit called flying money was actually what
paper money
Neo-Confucianism appealed to
poor or peasants
Who had the real power over the Shogun and the emperor by the end of the period in Japan
Daimyo