Wu Zhao
A woman who married into imperial family, seized control of govt in 690, and became emperor. claimed to be a bodhisattva, liked Buddhists and daoists
Grand Canal
Used to facilitate communication/trade with south.
Linked Yellow River to Yangzi
Tributary System
type of political relationship in which countries acknowledged the Chinese emperors supremacy.
Junk
China’s main oceangoing ship. had a mounted rudder to improve steering and watertight bulkheads
gunpowder
Song originally used to propel flaming arrows. made short range gun type things
neo-Confucianism
New interpretations of Confucianism, describes songs later version of Confucian thought
Zhu Xi
most important neo-Confucian thinker, worked out system of cosmology, focused on concept that human nature is moral, rational, and essentially good.
Chan/Zen Buddhism
said that mental discipline alone could win salvation, meditation is key practice
footbinding
First appeared among slave dancers, forced toes under and toward heel and women couldn’t walk on their own. eventually, women with unbound feet were undesirable
Koryo
collapse of Tang enabled this Ruling house to rule a united peninsula for the next 3 centuries, their kings supported Buddhism
chinampas
“floating gardens” used to farm on the Aztec lake
Tenochtitlan
one of the twin capitals for the Aztecs
Quetzalcoatl
main God, feathered serpent, culture-God believed to be the originator of agriculture and arts
patrilineal
Mayan society was, tracing descent in male line
Matrilineal
tracing descent in female line
altepetl
Aztecs, ethnic state, common political building block across the region, directed collective religious, social, and political obligations of ethnic group.
calpolli
up to 100 families serving as foundation for altepetl. controlled land, tax, and religion
mit’a
rotational labor draft, organized members of allyus to work in fields and care for llamas and alpacas owned by rich
