Unit 1 Vocab #1 Flashcards
Sufi poet and mystic who may be the most prolific female Muslim writer before the 20th century; her best-known work was a poem honoring the prophet Muhammad while many of her works describe her journey toward mystical illumination.
Aishah al-Ba’uniyyah
Ritual practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living. The goal is to ensure the ancestors’ continued well-being and positive disposition towards the living and sometimes to ask for special favors or assistance and to cultivate kinship values like filial piety, family loyalty, and continuity of the family lineage.
Ancestor veneration
The military government established in Japan in which the emperor became a religious figurehead, while real power was concentrated in the military under the shogun.
Bakufu
A medieval movement in Hinduism that emphasized the mutual intense emotional attachment and love of a devotee toward a personal god and of the god for the devotee. The movement empowered those on the lowest rungs of Indian society, facilitated the spread of Hinduism, and influenced the development of Sikhism.
Bhakti Movement
A group of government officials headed by an administrator.
Bureaucracy
The code of honor of the samurai of Japan
Bushido
Quick-maturing, drought resistant rice that can allow two harvests of sixty days each in one growing season. Originally introduced from Vietnam it was later sent to China as a tribute gift.
Champa rice
A Japanese feudal lord in charge of an army of samurai.
Daimyo
Muslim dynasties that existed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The territory was mainly confined to the northern part of India, though at its peak, it was in control of much of the Indian subcontinent. It came to an end with the foundation of the Mughal Empire.
Delhi Sultanates
A series of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
In China, respect for one’s parents and other elders.
Filial Piety
Paper money that was first used in China in the 9th century AD. Originally it was called ‘flying monkey’ (fei-chien) because it could blow out of your hand. To start with it was used by merchants as a note of forwarding tax payments. Real paper money backed by deposited money started in the 10th century
Flying Money
In China, the tradition of breaking and binding women’s feet that was perceived as a sign of beauty and social position: footbinding also confined women to the household.
Footbinding
Series of waterways in eastern and northern China built to enable successive Chinese regimes to transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities and large standing armies in northern China.
Grand Canal
Title granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; they became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office.
Jinshi
