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40342744Ming dynastyDynasty that replaced the Mongols0
40342745Marco PoloItalian merchant who served at Kublai Khan's court for many years1
40342746Sui dynastyBrief dynasty that reunited northern and southern China2
40342747Tang TiazongFirst great Tang emperor3
40342748Vietnam, Tibet, and KoreaThe three neighboring lands that became tributary states to China4
40342749Wu ZhaoTang-era ruler who was China's only female emperor5
40342750Yuan dynastyChina's mongol dynasty6
40342751Zheng HeMuslim admiral who led an enormous Chinese fleet on seven extensive voyages7
40342752ArabPeople who won control of western China lands bt winning the Battle of Talus in 7518
40342753Sui WendiFirst emperor of the Sui Dynasty9
40342754HangzhouNew Song capital city in the south10
40342755Song TaiziScholarly general who founded the Song Dynasty11
40342756Zhu YuanzhangPeasant leasder who founded the Ming dynasty12
40342757ricenew strains of this staple produced two crops per year instead of one13
40342758gunpowdera mix of saltpeter, and charcoal first used for fireworks in Tang China14
40342759Jin Empireempire established by Manchurian people in Northern China in the Early 1400's15
40342760Chang'anTang capital city16
40342761paper moneyNew type of currency issued by the Song goernmant17
40342762peasantsChina's largest social class18
40342763civil service exanimationTest for becoming a Tang or Song government official19
40342764teaNew product from Southeast Asia that Chinese soo drank, produced, and exported20
40342765high taxesCommon causes for revolts21
40342766gentryChina's wealthy, powerful upper class22
40342767Confucian learningBody of knowledge that formed the basis of the Chinese civil service examination23
40342768merchantsClass of people considered inferior by Confucian standards24
40342769footbindingPain*** procedure that resulted in the highly desierable "lily foot"25
40342770calligraphyartistic writing skill mastered by the scholar-gentry class26
40342771porcelainWhite pottery prized as the world's finest ceramic27
40342772Forbidden CityPalace complex of 9,00 rooms built by a Ming emperor28
40342773mechanical clockimproved time-telling device invented during the Tang era29
40342774moveable typeindividual charecters arranged in frames that allowed fo multiple prints30
40342775pgodagraceful temple form with multiple stories and upcurved eaves31
40342776corn and sweet potatoesNew food crops introduced to China from the Americas32
40342777poetryType of literature produced Li Bo and Du Fu33
40342778Hinduism and BuddhismReligions brought to Southeast Asia from India34
40342779VietnamSoutheast Asian country controlled by China for 1000 years35
40342780ChinaCountry from which Korea borrowed many ideas and customs36
40344018ChinaKorea;s northern neighbor37
40344019moutainousmain charecteristic of Korea's terrain38
40344020BuddhismReligion that missionaries brought to Korea from China39
40344021Khmer EmpireEmpire that was Sotheast Asia's main power from 800 to the 1200's40
40344022Angkor WatHuge city-and0temple complex built by the Khmer in the 1100's41
40344023HanoiCapital city of Vietnam's Ly dynasty42
40344024Yalu RiverRiver that forms part of Korea's northern border43
40344025mongolsHarsh people who occupied and ruled Korea from 1231 until the 1350s44
40344026Sea of JapanBody of water that forms Korea's eastern boundary45
40344027Yellow SeaBody of water that forms Korea's western boundary46
40344028JavaIsland location of the Sailendra kingdom47
40344029SumatraIsland where the capital city of the Srivijaya Empire was located48
40344030Shilla dynastyFirst Korean dynasty; united the Korean peninsula49
40344031Koryu dynastydynasty from which the modern name Korea came from50
40344032celadononique Korean pottery famous for its milky green glaze51
40344033Choson dynastyThird Korean dynasty; it ruled from1392 to 191052
40344034KaesongCapital city of Korea;s Koryo dynasty53
40344035mountainousmain charecteristic of Japan's terrain54
40344036shogunsupreme military commander55
40344037buddhismreligion brought to Japan from China around 55056
40344038samuraiWarriors pledged to serve their local lord57
40344039ChinaCountry from which early Japan borrowed many ideas and customs58
40344040The Tale of GenjiLong novel made by Lady Mrasaki Shikibu that told the story of Prince Genji59
40344041daimyoWarrioir lords who pledged to support their shogun60
40344042HonshuLargest island of Japan61
40344043HokkaidoLarge northern island of Japan62
40344044KyushuLarge southern island of Japan63
40344045ShintoAncient religion of Japan64
40344046Mongolspeople whose naval invasion defeated the Japenese in 1274 and 128165
40344047HeiankyoSecond Japanese imperial capital66
40344048feudalismsocial and political system in Japan from about 800 to 160067
40344049Hari-Kariritual suicide practiced by samurai68
40344050KoreaAsian country invaded by Japn in 159269
40344051archipelagoTerm for an island chain like Japan70
40344052ChineseType of writing introduced into Jaan from Korea around 40571
40344053Kamakura ShogunateMilitary dynasty founded by Minamoto that ruled during the 1200s72
40344054Tokugawa ShogunateLine of shoguns who ruled from 1603 to 186873
40344055Warring States periodViolent era of disorder, from mid-1400s to the mid 1500s74
40344056NaraFirst Japanese imperial capital75
40344057bushidoSamurai code of honor76

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