world cultures asia

legalism

excesive to law

the Silk Road

a trading route going through china

philosophy

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence,

Confucianism

a system of philosophical and ethical teachings

daoism

1. a Chinese philosophy, advocating humility and religious piety.

arable

used or suitable for growing crops.

steppe

a large area of flat unforested grassland

homogenous

of the same kind alike

autocracy

a system of government by one person with absolute power.

dynasty

a line of hereditary rulers of a country.

piety

the quality of being religious or reverent.

archipelago

a group of islands.

peninsula

a piece of land almost surrounded by water

plateau

an area of relatively level high ground.

bureaucracy

a system of many government officials who carry ou the governments rules and regulations.

tribute

A payment from conquered peoples or to a more powerful country.

Shinto

is based on the worship of spirits and ideas of purity.

Meiji Restoration

The time in Japanese history from 1868-1912

epistolary

The scriptures written by the Vita