1. Look at the above picture. How are these customs similar?

3.  Grand Canal  World’s oldest & longest 1,114 mi.

4. http://www.tour-beijing.com/hangzhou_attractions/grand_canal.php

5. http://www.chinatour2u.com/images/Grand%20Canal1.jpg

6.  Golden Age  Zen Buddhism – meditation  Confucianism  Rice & tea

7.  Wealthy class  Foot binding – women of the house didn’t have to work – sign of wealth

8. http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/wakingdream/interim-2007/1180454640/tpod.html

9. http://blog.asiahotels.com/strange-cultural-habits-in-china/footbinding/

10. http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01257/foot.html

14.  Mounted warriors – cavalry  Genghis Khan “Universal Ruler”  Conquered Beijing  Grandson Kublai Khan  Conquered the rest of China  Grandson Batu  Invaded Russia & Europe  Golden Horde

15.  Merchant & explorer  @ 17 left Venice for China  Traveled around China for 17 yrs.

17.  Archipelago – island chain  Kamikaze “Divine Wind” – typhoon that stopped Mongol invasion http://hhh.gavilan.edu/mturetzky/Pols3/Lecture6TheJ apanesePoliticalSystem.htm

18.  Only found in Japan  “Way of the kami” – nature spirits  No scripture or doctrine  Prayers & rituals to please “kami”  Existed alongside Zen Buddhism

19. http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g298561-d306478-Granvia_Hiroshima_Hotel- Hiroshima_Hiroshima_Prefecture_Chugoku.html

20.  Emperor  Shogun – general controlled military, $, & laws  Daimyo – local lords  Samurai – warriors hired by lords for protection  Peasants

21.  Code of the samurai “way of the warrior”  Bravery, loyalty, honor  Seppuku or “hara-kiri”– ceremonial suicide to avoid dishonor

22. http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00716/thesamurai.html