Study Guide: China-Japan Unit Test 2014 For your first unit test‚ be able to: Use the following vocabulary terms in sentences of your own showing you know the meaning of the term in context. Porcelain Fire Lance Civil Service Exams Minamoto Yoritomo Forbidden City Shogun Genghis Khan Samurai Diamond Sutra Zheng He Steel Silk Feudalism Steppe Vassal Scholar-Officials Daimyo Census Terrorism Bushido Yuan Dynasty Meditation Shinto Confucianism Grand Canal Answer questions
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The Middle Ages was a period from about 500-1500; It was a time of cultural diffusion in Europe to create what was known as the medieval society. However‚ chaos and war were prevalent‚ and people needed a system of protection: feudalism. Feudalism is a loosely organized system of dividing and exchanging land for service and loyalty. Greater lords would divide their land into estates called fiefs and give it to multiple vassals while also promising protection to the vassals. The vassals would then
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After the fall of the Roman Empire (5th – 6th century)‚ bathing was not common at all especially in Western Europe‚ Japan and Southwest Asia; Simply because of the decline in wealth and in technology. Taking a bath required a lot of time and effort. You had to get buckets of water and wait for the water to get hot enough so you could take a shower‚ then you had to make sure you had enough soap to bath with. After the 5th and 6th century bathing was considered temporary and not important. There are
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sociopolitical system of Medieval Europe was developed from different beliefs or customs. People in Medieval Europe conceived relationships by manorialism and feudalism. Manorialism was a fundamentally economic arrangement. While feudalism was largely political. Both were founded upon a degree of the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit‚ especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another. The origins of manorialism and feudalism had some similarities as well
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At the fall of Roman Empire‚ was the beginning of the Middle Ages in which the fuedal system was used. Feudalism was a political system in which nobles are granted the use of land that legally belongs to their kings in exchange for their loyalty‚ military services and protection of the people who were on the land. After the fall of rome there was a great decline in trade through out europe. The christian church ruled the major part of life in government and religion along with the weak central government
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10/30/2013 Quarterly Assessment How did Political‚ Social and Economic events which occurred during the Middle Ages contribute to the rapid fall of Feudalism and increase the foundation of nation states? Since politics and social matters are so closely founded the way that these two subcategories of the middle ages clashed against the Feudal way of organizing everything in the middle ages are. Politically kings ruled the way that everyone lived and by doing so this would later on provoke
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Feudalism and Manoralism Feudalism A system of governing and landholding A similar system existed in the Zhou Dynasty in China Based on rights and obligations In exchange for military protection and other services‚ a lord‚ or landowner‚ granted land called a fief. The person receiving a fief was called a vassal. The Feudal Pyramid King Wealthy landowners (Nobles and Bishops) Knights (Mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lords’ lands in exchange for fiefs. Peasants Status
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Before underlining the differences in economic growth and treatment of labour between capitalism and the earlier feudal system‚ it is necessary to understand the meaning of capitalism and feudalism separately. The Wealth of nations (1776) is a book‚ written by the Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) in which he describes the nature of capitalism. (CN‚ 2010) The word “Capitalism” is derived from capital and the word capital itself deriving from the Latin word caput‚ meaning head as in a head
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Feudalism and manorialism were the driving factors leading to the success of a manor. (BS-1) The political system of feudalism aided to the growth of the medieval civilizations. (BS-2) The manor was self sustaining‚ with the help from several structures involved in manorialism. (BS-3) One major job which contributed to the prosperity of the manor was the reeve. (TS) Feudalism and the reeve had major impacts on the economy‚ military‚ and citizens of the manor. Feudalism was a system developed to
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Feudalism in Today ’s Society When searching for information on feudalism it is difficult to find modern sources speaking of it in a positive connotation. Most seem to regard it as merely a necessary step to capitalism. However‚ there are many aspects of feudalism still present in our society. Our society ’s modes of defense and organization‚ as well as the devices used to make our standard of living possible‚ can be traced back to the age of feudalism. The feudal system stemmed from the people
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