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Batu: grandson of Genghis, Led Campaign in Russia and Europe (Poland, Hungary and Vienna, Austria), killed or took people as slaves, Led the Golden Horde- Gold=wealth Horde=elite Calvary force
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Cixi: one of Hsien Feng's concubines, was the only one to have a son-an heir to the throne, became empress dowager when Hsien Feng died,made her son's wife commit suicide so she could still rule, she loved luxury items, she built a marble boat when she should have financed a navy, she led the the downfall of the Qing
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Du Fu: Confucian poet, wrote about human suffering
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Genghis Khan: "Universal Ruler", divided army into 95 groups of 1000 people each, took control of mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, northern China, Central Asia and parts of Russia
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Guangxu: Cixi's nephew, was emperor at age 4
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Han Fei-Tzu: Hsün Tzu's pupil, believed civil wars would end if people were held in check through harsh laws, Believed in a form of totalitarian rule with and autocratic government
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Hsien Feng: only famous for his wife/ concubine who became the empress
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Hsün Tzu: Founded Legalism, believed people were inherently bad, selfish, greedy, and corrupt, but made good through legalistic education
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Kangxi: qing ruler, supported literacy, Supported exam process of civil service, used leveling
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Kublai Khan: grew up in China, advised by confucian scholars, Great Khan of Yuan Dynasty, accepted Chinese culture- wore chinese robs, supported Confucianism and liked Chinese music and dance, didn't like Mongol-Chinese interactions, extended the grand canal so they could get more food to the capital
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Li Bai: daoist poet, wrote about happiness, died reaching for his reflection in the water...a wee bit "tipsy"
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Li Yuan: Founded the Tang Dynasty
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Liu Bang: founder of the Han Dynasty
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Nurachi: Manchu who founded the Qing (and defeated the Ming)
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Ogedei: a "great Khan", ruled Mongolia and northern China and southern China, later helped to take over the rest of central Asia.
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Qianlong: ordered the construction of the summer palace (Qing Dynasty)
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Shi Huangdi: first Emperor of united China, had an Idea that the law was supreme-even over the rulers and emperor
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Temujin: Genghis Khan's birth name, married Borte at age 9, but his father died so he had to return to his tribe to be the leader.
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Tianqi: young emperor who was interested in carpentry, allowed his eunuch to do his government work
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Tongzhi: Cixi's son, emperor at age 5, had a wife and a son, died of "small pox"
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Tongzhi's wife: committed suicide due to the persuasion of Cixi
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Wei Zhongxian: Tianqi's eunuch, kind of a dictator of china, raised taxes
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Wendi: founder of the Sui Dynasty
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Wu Di: Was a great ruler-founded imperial academy, Leveling, conquered territory including Manchuria, Korea Indochina and central Asia, created Pax Sinica by defeating the Huns
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Xuande: Yongle's grandson, stopped sea travel in 1433
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Yongle: one emperor of the Ming, supported Zheng He in his sea expeditions, started the Ming Tombs
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Zhao Kuangyin: Founded the Song
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Zheng He:: eunuch, captain of over sea expeditions for 30 years
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Zhu Yuanzhang: founded the Ming Dynasty (bright/brilliant Dynasty), Buddhist monk