Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, 2 e.
Glossary
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Glossary Terms for letter: Y
Yavana kings In Sanskrit culture, Greek rulers were known as Yavan kings, a name which derives from the Greek name for the area of western Asia Minor called Ionia, a term that then extended to anyone who spoke Greek or came from the Mediterranean.
Yellow Turbans One of several local Chinese religious movements that emerged across the empire, especially under Wang Mang's officials, who considered him a usurper. The Yellow Turbans, so-called because of the yellow scarves they wore around their heads, were Daoist millenarians.
Yin City that became the capital of the Shang in 1350 BCE, ushering in a golden age.
Yuan dynasty After the defeat of the Song, the Mongols established this dynasty, which was strong from 1280 to 1386 CE; its capital was at Dadu, or modern-day Beijing.
Yuan Mongols Mongol rulers of China who were overthrown by the Ming dynasty in 1368.
Yuezhi A Turkic nomadic people who roamed on pastoral lands to the west of the Xiongnu territory of central Mongolia. They had friendly relationships with the farming societies in China, but the Yuezhi detested the Xiongnu and had frequent armed clashes with them.
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