History of East Asia

Chinese dynasty (960-1279) emphasis on civil administration, industry, education, arts rather than military

• Song

• Tang

• Sui

• Ming

A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials

• Bureaucracy

• Filial Piety

• Scholar Gentry

• Tribute system

Chinese method of diplomacy that required payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor from non-Chinese subordinates

• Tribute System

• Bureaucracy

• Junk

• Taika Reforms

Chinese Muslim who was a naval explorer in the Indian Ocean

• Zheng He

• Ibn Batutta

• Marco Polo

• Mansa Musa

Chinese patriarchal practice that restricted women's movement

• Foot binding

• Junk

• Sinification

• Grand Canal

philosophy that emerged in Song dynasty China; religious syncretism with Buddhist and Daoist elements

• Neo-Confucianism

• Confucianism

• Filial Piety

• Civil Service Exam

In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated; a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors

• Filial Piety

• Civil Service Exam

• Scholar Gentry

• Jurchen

1,100-mile waterway linking norther and southern China

• Grand Canal

• Great Wall

• Silk Road

• Flying Cash

A Chinese ship made for hauling cargo.

• Dhow

• Junk

• Lanteen

• Caravel

___________________________ is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought.

• Acculturation

• Syncretism

• Socialization

• Cultural Diffusion