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Replaced the Kamakura regime in Japan; ruled from 1336 to 1573; destroyed rival Yoshino center of imperial authority.
Ashikaga Clan
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A kingdom that traded a lot with the other civilizations. It was also the capital of the kingdom.
Ayuthaya
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Military government established by the Minamoto following the Gempei Wars; centered at Kamakura; reatained emperor, but real power resided in militaru government and samurai.
Bakufu
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The code of the samurai, stressing unquestioning loyalty and obedience and valuing honor above life
Bushido
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Warlord ruler of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states.
Daimyo
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Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised ezceprional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power.
Fujiwara Clan
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A military dictatorship in Japan from 1185(1192)-1333.
Kamakura Shogunate
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Present day Cambodia. The greatest of the mainland empires and fell to the Thias. Based on an agrarian economy of hydrological engineering.
Kampuchea
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Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese; moved into Mekong River delta region at time of Vietnamese drive to the south.
Khmers
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Formerly the imperial capital of Japan,it is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Also called Heian.
Kyoto
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A vast empire off the island of Java. Conquered areas in Southeast Asia. Last of the Hindu empires and take over the Shrivijaya.
Majapshit
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A person who is not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish
Pagan
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A Buddhist who offered the 17 Point constitution in 604.
Prince Shotoku
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Mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders; loyal to local lords, not the emperor.
Samurai
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The native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
Shinto
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The land. Like a manor.
Shoen
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The office or rule of a military leader of the bakufu.
Shogunate
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Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society.
Tale of Genji
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The basic rules and regulations of being Buddhist.
Seventeen Point Constitution
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A state of society without government or law
Anarchy
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Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation. Aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination. Leadership; predominance.
Hegemony
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