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| 296354647 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 0 | |
| 296354648 | Heian | Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks | 1 | |
| 296354649 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 2 | |
| 296354650 | Fujiwara | Mid-19 century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 3 | |
| 296354651 | Bushi | Regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled the small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public work projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies | 4 | |
| 296354652 | Samurai | Mounted troops of the Bushi; loyal to local lords, not the Emperor | 5 | |
| 296354653 | Seppuku | Ritual suicide in Japan; also known as Hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 6 | |
| 296368194 | Gumpei wars | Waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families; ended in destruction of Taira | 7 | |
| 296368195 | Bakufu | Military government established by the Minamoto following the Gumpei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai | 8 | |
| 296368196 | Shoguns | Military leaders of the bakufu | 9 | |
| 296368197 | Hojo | A warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of Emperor | 10 | |
| 296368198 | Ashikaga Takuaji | Member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga shogunate from 1336 to 1573; drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino | 11 | |
| 296368199 | Onin war | Struggle between rival heirs of Ashikaga shogunate 1467 to 1477; led to warfare between rival headquarters in Kyoto and destruction of old capital | 12 | |
| 296368200 | Daimyo | Warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of ashikaga shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates | 13 | |
| 296368201 | Choson | Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han in 109 B.C.E. | 14 | |
| 296368202 | Koguryo | Tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in northern half of the peninsula; adopted cultural sinification | 15 | |
| 296368203 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 16 | |
| 296368204 | Silla | Korean kingdom in Southeast; became a vassal of the tang and paid for tribute; ruled Korea from 668 | 17 | |
| 296368205 | Yi | Korean dynasty 1392 to 1910; succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence | 18 | |
| 296368206 | Trung sisters | Leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 19 | |
| 296368207 | Khmers and Chams | Indian iced Vietnamese peoples defeated by Northern government of Hanoi | 20 | |
| 296368208 | Nguyen | Southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with Center at Hanoi | 21 |
