Good afternoon Please pick up your folder and

Good afternoon! • Please pick up your folder and a video guide on your way in. • You will need a piece of paper, too. • Please be seated when the timer goes off. • Reminder-3 times of not being in your seat results in a write-up, phone call home, or conference with coaches/sponsors • Please put your phones all the way up!

Mongol Recap

Major facts to know about the Mongols • Tolerant of other cultures/religions • Genghis Khan= 1 st ruler, warrior • Mongol Peace- Silk Road trade revived • Mongols made the roads safe and had laws • Marco Polo! • Kublai Khan-Genghis’s grandson • Lived in China • Not a warrior • United China • Tolerant

Japan A Culture of Feudalism

Japanese Religion • Shinto-native religion of Japan • Believed their ancestors’ spirits were around them • Believes in divinity of the emperor and sacredness of Japan • Japan begins to be influenced by Buddhism from China around 500 CE • Zen Buddhism is particularly popular-fits well with Samurai Bushido Code

Japanese Culture and Politics Samurai followed something called the Bushido Codemust act bravely, the “way of the warrior” A samurai’s sword was his most important weapon Similar to China Called “Son of Heaven” Super important!

Japanese Warriors-Samurais and Ninjas • Samurai-warriors in feudal Japan (similar to knights in Europe) • Ninjas-waged irregular warfare…. • Let’s find out what that means! Please pull out your video guide and put your phones up!