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Form of Buddhism that focuses on self-discipline, simplicity, and meditation

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Zen

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Japan’s original religion involves worship gods believed to be found in nature

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Shinto

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Japanese from of Poetry that has 17 syllables arranged in lines of 5,7,and 5 syllables

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Haiku

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Noble who had large landholdings and and a private army

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Daimyo

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Profession soldiers of japan

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Samurai

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Person in feudal society who received land and protection from lords in return for loyalty

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Vassal

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Japanese military leaders who ruled on the emperors behalf

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Shoguns

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Kingdom on the Korean Peninsula, established in the 900s from which present day Korea takes its name

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Koryo

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Ceramic pottery with a thin blue or green glaze perfected in Korea

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Celadon

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Empire that began in the 500s and had gained control of much of mainland Southeast Asia by the 800s

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Khmer empire

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Temple complex built on the indochinese peninsula in the 1100s the worlds largest religious structure

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Angkor wat

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Independent kingdom established by the Vietnamese after they drove the Chinese from the indochinese peninsula in the 900s

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Dai viet

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Muslim from Central Asia who conquered northern India in the 1500s

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Mughals

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General who led the Mughal conquest of northern India

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Babur

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Mughal emperor who showed wisdom in governing his empire

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Akbar

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Weak Mughal emperor;the son of Akbar

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Jahangir

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Wife of Mughal emperor jahangir; held the true power during her husband’s reign

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Nur jahan

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Jahangirs son, who became the emperor of the Mughal empire in 1628

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Shah jahan

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Beautiful tomb built by shah jahan to honor his wife, mumtaz mahal

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Taj Mahal

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Shah Johan’s son who became the emperor in 1658

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Aurangzeb

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Founder of the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor in the early 1300s

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Osman

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Imperial council that advised the sultan of the Ottoman Empire

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Divan

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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s who organized an effective legal code

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Suleyman 1

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Members of an elite Fighting force in the Ottoman Empire made up mainly of slaves

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Janissaries