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 * 1) Manchu-Federation of Northeast Asian peoples; founded the Qing Empire
 * 2) daimyo- "warlords"
 * 3) samurai- Japanese term for soldiers
 * 4) Tokugawa Shogunate-
 * 5) Ming Emprie-1368~1644. Empire in China established by Zhu Yaunzhang.
 * 6) Qing Emprie-Overthrew the Ming. Declined in 1911.
 * 7) Kangxi-1654~1722. Qing emperor. Possibly the greatest of the Qing emperors.
 * 8) Amur River-A contested river valley between China and Russia.
 * 9) Macartney Mission-Britains interest in meeting the Qin emperor in 1793.
 * 10) Muscovy-Russian principality that ruled from 1276~1598.
 * 11) Ural Mountains-This north-south range of mouatins sperates Siberia from rest of Russia. Boundary between Europe and Asia.
 * 12) tsar- Latin from "cesar". Russian term for ruler.
 * 13) Siberia-Northeastern most point of Asia. Includes Kamchatka pennisula, Russian coast of Artic Ocean, Bering Strait and Sea of Okhotsk.
 * 14) Cossacks-Herders, mercenaries, or outlaws living in farming villages outside of Russian Empire.
 * 15) serfs-a farmer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord.
 * 16) Peter the Great-1672~1725. Russian tsar who introduced western language to Russia, new technologies, and moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.