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________ He- Ming Dynasty explorer and diplomat who led great fleets of ships to distant parts of Asia and.
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Neo- Confucianism- A rationalistic revival of Confucian philosophy that exercised a pronounced influence on Chinese thought for over ________ years.
Tribute System
________- A network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and.
Forbidden City
________- A walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the Imperial Palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
Merit
________- Based Exam System- A strict civil service exam system in Imperial China.
Zhu Xi
________- A philosopher whose work inspired a resurgence of Neo- Confucianism during the Ming Dynasty.
Mandarin
________- Became the official language of China during the Ming Dynasty.
Agrarian
________- Related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
Mandate of Heaven
________- The belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven.
Dynastic Cycle
________- The cycle in which Chinese dynasties rose and fell.
Confucianism
________- The system of political and ethical ideas formulated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius toward the end of the Zhou Dynasty; it was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion.
Mongols
(Historically) Central Asian nomads native to the Mongolian Plateau
Genghis Khan
Great leader of the Mongol Empire who ruled from 1206 to 1227
Kublai Khan
Grandson of Genghis Khan, founder of the Yuan Dynasty
Mandarin
Became the official language of China during the Ming Dynasty
Single Whip Tax System
A fiscal law first instituted during the Ming Dynasty, to increase the tax base and reduce the cost of tax collection
Merit-Based Exam System
A strict civil service exam system in Imperial China
Confucianism
The system of political and ethical ideas formulated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius toward the end of the Zhou Dynasty; it was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion
Neo-Confucianism
A rationalistic revival of Confucian philosophy that exercised a pronounced influence on Chinese thought for over 800 years
Agrarian
Related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land
Zhu Xi
A philosopher whose work inspired a resurgence of Neo-Confucianism during the Ming Dynasty
Zheng He
Ming Dynasty explorer and diplomat who led great fleets of ships to distant parts of Asia and Africa
Dynastic Cycle
The cycle in which Chinese dynasties rose and fell
Forbidden City
A walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the Imperial Palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China
Tribute System
A network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia
Ming Dynasty
A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century
Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
Eunuch
A castrated man. In China they typically served as civil servants or in the Imperial Court
Mandate of Heaven
The belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven
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