Exam 5: Historical Systems of Governance in West Asia, China, and Japan

The ……………….period was followed by the 'Mongolian Interlude' in the history of China.

The last song ruler was overthrown by the Mongol invaders towards the end of the 13th century under their able leader, …………….who declared himself as the 'emperor of China'.

The real and practical ruler of the period from 1185 to 1868 in……………….. was the 'shogun', who was a military leader with near absolute control.

The …………….granted land to their trusted warriors called the 'Samurais'.

…………….. is said to have entered in its classical phase under the Tang.

The ………………was a grant of appropriation to a Muslim Officer, entitling him to collect the 'Kharaj' from the owner.

IQTA was instituted in Iraq in the mid-………….. century and then spread to Iran in the East and Syria in the West.

The troublesome period was overcome by the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in………….., with Edo (modern Tokyo) as its capital.

China's last imperialist power was the 'Qing' dynasty or the rule of the Manchu kings which lasted from 1644 to…………….

The imperial system in China was strongly established with the forming of the ………………dynasty in the beginning of the 7th century AD.

With the fall of the………………, power once again shifted to the provinces and paved way for the rise of regional kingdoms, known in Chinese history as the period of 'Five Dynasties' and 'Ten Kingdoms'.

A disgraced ………….was expected to perform 'Seppuku' or suicide in order to maintain his family's honour.

The 'Ming' dynasty was established in …………. which lasted up to 1644.

The Tang capital of ……………………was one of the greatest commercial and cosmopolitan cities in the contemporary world.

The ……………system existed in West Asia mainly during the period between 9th and 16th centuries.

The Kamakura Shogunate was replaced by the …………….Shogunate, which reasserted the power and dominance of the Samurai class.

In the later period the …………………emperors implemented the 'Feng-Chien' system by which trusted officials and imperial relatives were appointed on a permanent basis in the strategic areas of the empire, which in course of time became hereditary.

The ……………..attacked the Japanese islands towards the end of the 13th century.

Though the Kamakura Shogunate resists the ……………attack successfully with the help of the Samurai warriors, it led to the downfall of the Shogunate.

The Kamakura period (1185-1333) marked the governance of the Kamakura Shogunate and transition to the medieval period of ……………history.