Chapter 11: Expansion of Society and Culture in East and Southeast Asia
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1500 BCE- 1200 CE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Polynesians | group of linguistically related people. Language group: Austronesian.Expert seaman |
| Polynesian Migratoin | Southeast Asia to Easter Island, and to Madagascar. |
| Ali'i | Hawaiian chiefs |
| kapu | taboo |
| Outrigger canoe | used by Polynesians to sail across Pacific. |
| Melanesia | group of islands to east of New Guinea and Australia. Polynesians migrated there. |
| Maori Culture | Established by people from the Society Islands. Highest concentration of Polynesians at one point. |
| moa | large wingless birds in New Zealand. |
| hapu | priest-leader (Polynesian, New Zealand) |
| Easter Island | Settled by Polynesians. Built ahu, large stone statues. |
| pagodas | structures reminiscent of the Han watchtowers. Built by Wei, a kingdom followed after Han. |
| Sui Dynasty | 589 CE; first good Dynasty after Han. Center of power was Wei Valley. |
| Yangdi | Second Sui Emperor. Expanded. |
| Loyang | new capital built by Loyang. |
| Grand Canal | Built by Yangdi from Hangzhou to Beijing. |
| Tang Dynasty | Found by Taizong (Around same time as Sui) Silk Road, conquered a lot, and ruled for long. Considered Golden Age |
| Sinification | becomoing part of Chinese culture. |
| Battle Of Talas River | Arab and Turk coalition fought Chinese in 751; Chinese captives taught paper making and printing to Arabs. |
| Li Bo | great Chinese poet during Golden Age |
| Porcelain, Slik, and Tea | exports during Tang Dynasty. |
| meritocracy | bureaucratic advancement based on education, not relationships or power. |
| Bureau of Censors | kept track of officials |
| Empress Wu | Tang Empress: made a lot of monasteries; wastte of money. Others became jealous, and started to limit monasteries. Buddhists became persecuted, and never recovered. |
| Song | Rose after fall of Tang. Paper currency, vernacular dialect, gentry (educated elite.). Women's position declined. |
| Kaifeng | Capital of Song Dynasty. |
| Tributary system | based on money, bribes, and arraged marriages; appease neighboring groups. Song is golden age of government because of this. |
| kowtows | bowing before emperor. |
| Neo-Confucianism | found by Zhu Xi (1130-1200); mixture of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist thought. |
| Mongols | Overran Song in 1239 |
| Yamato Clan | (3rd century CE)- seized coast near Osaka Bay, and created Shinto. |
| Prince Shotoku | Author of Seventeen Article Constitution. INtroduce Chinese political and bureaucratic concepts. |
| Taika Reforms | attempt to create a complete imperial and bureaucratic system like that of Tang China. |
| Nara | First capital of Japan. |
| Shintoism | animistic. Practiced with buddhism. Hereditary power; Japanese emperor is divine. |
| Heian | Kyoto; 2nd capital of Japan. |
| Kana | Japanese text |
| Fujiwara clan | (858-1086). ended meritocracy. |
| Tale of Genji | by Lady Murasaki; first psychological novel. |
| Daimyo | territorial rulers; used private armies to conquer other land. |
| Indianization of Southeast Asia | java adops ramayana. |
| Devaraja | God-kings; adopted because of Indian ideas. |
| Thais | Lived in Siam (Thailand) united as a confederacy in 700s |
| Burmese | Pagan; capital of Burmese |
| Khmer | Cambodia; indigenous natives |
| Srivijaya | Sumatra; natives. Became maritime empire. Indians conquered them later. |
| Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat | New capital of Khmer in 9th century. Influenced by Indians. Completely Mahayana Buddhism. |
| barays | resorvoirs |
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