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Shogun |
(Title) Most important person in Japanese government, except for the Emperor. This person ruled FOR the emperor. |
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Clovis |
King of the Francs, converted to christianity and laid foundation for the Carolingian Empire |
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Personal Rule |
The rule of an individual, determined by the individual's abilities. Very strong, but does not last more than a generation. |
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Louis the Pious |
Charlemagne's son. Had no skills whatsoever. His own sons rebelled against him. |
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Diocletian |
Divided the Roman Empire into two pieces; Western Roman Empire became Byzantine Empire. |
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Procopius |
Wrote two histories of Byzantine Emperor Justinian's rule. One good and sponsored by Justinian, one bad and secret. |
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Richard the Lionhearted |
Led the third crusade for England, not very secular, more militant. |
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Yaroslav the Wise |
Divided Kiev among his three sons, which led to the downfall of Kiev at the hands of the Mongols. |
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Ivan the Third |
After living unger Mongol rule for generations, this person refused to pay tribute to the Mongols, ending the Mongol reign. |
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Belassarius |
General of Justinian, reconquered much of Africa, slaughtered rebels in the Nika rebellion. |
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Justinian |
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, greatly improved Byzantine Empire's defenses, militant, had his own "Code", a law system. |
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Tang Taizong |
Had an advisor who's only job was to criticize him and point out his errors. An emperor of the Tang dynasty. |
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Sui |
A Chinese Dynasty, built the Grand Canal, unified China. |
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Tang |
A Chinese Dynasty, peasants rebelled against it dynasty ended from famine. |
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Song |
A Chinese Dynasty, very populous because of the advent of rice. |
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Qin |
A Chinse Dynasty, built the Great Wall of China. |
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Kublai Khan |
Genghis Khan's grandson, started Yuan dynasty in China |
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Shotoku |
Japanese Prince, sent three missions into China to bring back Chinese culture. |
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Mandate of Heaven |
If a Chinese Dynasty had this, then the gods themselves supported the dynasty When they lost this, a new dynasty took over. |
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Marco Polo |
A traveler from Europe, wrote about Kublai Khan. |
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Genghis Khan |
Unified the Mongolian tribes, then went on a rampage, conquering as he went. |
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Shintoism |
Traditional Japanese religion. |
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Movable block printing |
An invention during the Pax Sinica that helped scribes and writers. |
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Sugar |
This person designed the first gothic cathedral, known as "Saint Denis". Answer is "Abbot ____" |
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Humanism |
A term which focused on human potential and achivements. |
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Secular |
Worldly and concerned with here and now. |
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