HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Movable Type, Aurangzeb, Silk Road
Document Summary
Grand canal- built by tang, helped with trade and unify china. Tributary state- where one state must give tribute or a gift of sorts displaying their submission to another state. Gentry- upper class and wealthy members, as well as scholars and officials. Land reform- the redistribution of land from the wealthy into the hands of the peasant farmers. Cultural relativism- looking at a culture from their perspective. Genghis khan/temuchin- great leader of mongols, unified mongol clans and led an army of 200,000, they eventually conquer the song chinese, attacks the world from china to persia, trained great. Horseman, and some of the best soldiers, creates largest contiguous (transcontinental/continuous) empire. Kublai khan- grandson of genghis khan, brought up in china as well as conquers china creating the. Marco polo explorer who supposedly visited yuan china and reported the wonders of mongolian rule. Yurt mongol mud huts that were portable.
