Tributary State
independet state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to him
Pagoda
A multistoried temple with eaves that curve up at the corners
Sui Wendi
reunited North and South China, founder of Sui dynasty, encouraged economical and political developement, under him society was peaceful and stable
Tang Taizong
(627 - 647) personal name was Li Shimin; great general, war hero; expands China's borders; encourages trade; allows buddhism to spread; let christians and muslims practice; let people who passed the civil exam work for government
Wu Zhao
the only woman to assume the title of emperor for herself in China
Grand Canal
A canal linking northern and southern China
Zhao Kuagyin
(r. 960-976) founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome noorthern Liao dynasty that remained independent.
Li Bo
a great poet of the Tang Dynasty; Wu Zhao takes critism from him
Celadon
Korean ceramic pottery with a thin blue or green glaze, similar to porcelain
Zheng He
Led 7 voyages among the most impressive in history, between 1405 and 1433
Qilin
What the Chinese called giraffes
Kublai Khan
Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Marco Polo
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
Korean Dynasties
Shillah, Koryo, and Choson(Yi)
Yi Song-gye
founded the Choson dynasty in Korea
Sejong
Yi emperor who ruled in the 1400s. directed the development of the Korean alphabet
Hangul
alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean
Archipelago
chain of islands
Kami
Clan gods or goddesses, generally nature spirits (Japanese)
Kana
In the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing sounds