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| Korea’s dynastic name. An era of creativity: celadon vases, poetry, and literature. Korea’s Buddhist Age. |
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| The names given by the Chinese to modern-day Vietnam, meaning “peaceful” or “pacified South.” |
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| “the way of the gods” The animistic worship of the forces of nature that is the indigenous religion of Japan |
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| professional Japanese warriors |
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| a military official who was the actual ruler of Japan in the emperor’s names from the late 1100’s until the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| means “divine winds.” A Japanese fighter pilot trained for a suicidal attack. They sank a portion of the invading Mongol Fleet in Japan in 1281 |
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| A variety of Japanese Buddhism that maintains that only faith is necessary for salvation. |
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| A form of Buddhism, which taught that Buddha was only a man and exhorted each person to attain enlightenment by his or her own efforts. |
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