Post Classical Vocabulary

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Archipelago

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A group or chain of islands.

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Selective Borrowing

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The process of adopting or adapting some cultural traits but discarding others.

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Shogun

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A hereditary military dictator in Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868.

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Daimyo

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Powerful Japanese feudal lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Samurai

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The military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Bushido

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The code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.

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Mongols

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A Central Asian ethnographic group known for establishing the largest contiguous empire in history under Genghis Khan.

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Genghis Khan

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The founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.

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Kublai Khan

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The fifth Khagan of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294, and founder of the Yuan dynasty in China.

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Marco Polo

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A Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.