4. • In the beginning, it was run by
powerful clans
• The Fujuwara clan was
dominant in the 8th century
• The Fujuwara clan neglected
the people
• Japan passed into feudalism
12. Warrior Class
• Japanese warrior was called a samurai
• Samurai lived by an unwritten code called
Bushido (the way of the warrior)
• The Bushido required the warrior to commit
suicide (called hara-kiri) rather than be
captured or prove disloyal to master
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16. Religion
• Shintoism – an ancient form of Japanese
religion
• Believed that everything in nature that was
unusual (waterfall, fire, high mountain)
possessed deity.
• The sun was a goddess and the emperor was a
descendant of the sum
17. • Zen Buddhism – religion from
China
• Required its followers to
develop intense mental
concentration
• Helped the warriors on the
battlefield
22. Cambodia
• Once known as Angkor
• Angkor served as the center of Khmer’s power
• Khmer was the empire in this region
• 1000 temples were built in this area
26. • They were eventually ruled by the Thai and
Vietnamese
Editor's Notes
Japan borrowed much from China
Three different powerful clans
Read page 66 about what the samurai had to learn
Bushido – required warriors to display traits as loyalty, honor, duty and courage
Became the national religion of Japan
Buddhism emphasized suffering and meditation
The Dai Viet exerted increasing pressure on Champa
Can be traced back to 1000BC
Engaged in failed series of wars with its neighbors and steadily declined in power.
It was pillaged by the Thai in 1432 and later abandoned…they were ruled by the Thai and Vietnamese for the next 400 years
