1 min read•january 4, 2023
📖 AMSCO p.3-pg.14
Term | Definition + Significance |
Imperial Bureaucracy | A system where appointed officials carried out the emperor’s orders. |
Civil Service Exam | Exams based on Confucian texts which were taken to get highly desirable jobs. |
Grand Canal | Waterway transportation in China that allowed for long-distance trade |
Proto-industrialization | A set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made more goods than they could sell. |
Scholarly gentry | A new and influential social class comprised of educated men studying Confucian philosophy. |
Syncretism | The fusion of multiple different religions, cultures, or traditions |
Neo-Confucianism | Religion in China that blended Daoist and Buddhist ideals and placed an emphasis on ethics and values |
Foot-binding | The practice of binding feet extremely tight to prevent bone growth |
Nuclear families | Families only consisting of the mother, father, and children. |
Polygyny | The practice of having more than one wife at the same time |
1 min read•january 4, 2023
📖 AMSCO p.3-pg.14
Term | Definition + Significance |
Imperial Bureaucracy | A system where appointed officials carried out the emperor’s orders. |
Civil Service Exam | Exams based on Confucian texts which were taken to get highly desirable jobs. |
Grand Canal | Waterway transportation in China that allowed for long-distance trade |
Proto-industrialization | A set of economic changes in which people in rural areas made more goods than they could sell. |
Scholarly gentry | A new and influential social class comprised of educated men studying Confucian philosophy. |
Syncretism | The fusion of multiple different religions, cultures, or traditions |
Neo-Confucianism | Religion in China that blended Daoist and Buddhist ideals and placed an emphasis on ethics and values |
Foot-binding | The practice of binding feet extremely tight to prevent bone growth |
Nuclear families | Families only consisting of the mother, father, and children. |
Polygyny | The practice of having more than one wife at the same time |
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