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Song Dynasty
(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.
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Song Dynasty
(960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military.
Grand Canal in China
The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire...
Footbinding
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 c...
Filial Piety
In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.
Gunpowder
Invented within China during the 9th century, this substance was became the dominate military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by ...
Champa Rice
A quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests, of sixty days each in one growing season.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Song Dynasty | (960-1279 CE) The Chinese dynasty that placed much more emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, and arts other than military. |
Grand Canal in China | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. |
Footbinding | 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. |
Filial Piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors. |
Gunpowder | Invented within China during the 9th century, this substance was became the dominate military technology used to expand European and Asian empires by the 15th century. |
Champa Rice | A quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests, of sixty days each in one growing season. |
paper money | Legal currency issued on paper; it developed in China as a convenient alternative to metal coins. |
porcelain | A thin, beautiful pottery invented in China. |
Confucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. |
Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements. |
Umayyad Dynasty | An Islamic Dynasty based on succession rather than election following the first period of caliphates. Continued advances in the kingdom, venturing as far as China in the East. Fell apart in 750 CE due to internal tensions. |
Abbasid Caliphate | (750-1258 CE) The caliphate, after the Umayyads, who focused more on administration than conquering. Had a bureaucracy that any Muslim could be a part of. |
Islam | A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims. |
Delhi Sultanate | The first Islamic government established within India from 1206-1520. Controlled a small area of northern India and was centered in Delhi. |
Nasir al-Din Tusi | Persian mathematician and cosmologist who inspired Copernican model of the solar system. |
'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah | Female Arabic poet who wrote The Principles of Sufism. |
centralized government | A government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject. |
Meritocracy | A system in which promotion is based on individual ability or achievement. |
Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
Imperial Bureaucracy | Division of an empire into organized provinces to make it easier to control. |
Civil Service Exam | In China, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the bureaucracy. |
Syncretic | A religion that combines several traditions. |
Patriarchy | A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line. |
Theraveda Buddhism | Closely followed Buddha's original teachings; oldest form of Buddhism. |
Mahayana Buddhism | Also known as popular Buddhism, it allows people more ways to reach enlightenment and Bodhisattva can help you reach enlightenment. |
Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty; popular with members of elite Chinese society. |
Silk Road | Caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. |
Metallurgy | The science and technology of metals. |
Silk | A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silkworms. |
Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms. |
Crusades (1095-1291) | The religious wars between Western Catholic Europe and the Islamic Turks over the holy lands in Jerusalem. |
Holy Roman Empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806. |
Feudalism | 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, and protection of the people who live on the land. |