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| 220959569 | Period of the Six Dynasties | era of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 0 | |
| 220959570 | Wendi | member of prominent northern Chinese family during the Period of Six Dynasties; with support from northern nomadic peoples established Sui dynasty in 589 | 1 | |
| 220959571 | Yangdi | 2nd Sui ruler; restored Confucian examination system; constructed canal system; assassinated in 618 | 2 | |
| 220959572 | Li Yuan | Duke of Tang; minister for Yangdi; took over empire after assassination of Yangdi; 1st Tang ruler | 3 | |
| 220959573 | Ministry of Public Rites | administered the examinations for state office during the Tang dynasty | 4 | |
| 220959574 | jinshi | title given to students who passed the most difficult examinations; became eligible for high office | 5 | |
| 220959575 | Chan Buddhism | called Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty among the masses | 6 | |
| 220959576 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses | 7 | |
| 220959577 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 8 | |
| 220959578 | Yang Guifei | royal concubine of Tang emperor Xuanzong; introduction of relatives into administration led to revolt | 9 | |
| 220959579 | Khitan nomads | founded Liao dynasty of Manchuria in 907; remained a threat to Song; very much influenced by Chinese culture | 10 | |
| 220959580 | Zhao Kuangyin | general who founded Song dynasty; took royal name of Taizu | 11 | |
| 220959581 | Zhu Xi | most prominent Neo-Confucian scholar during the Song dynasty; stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life | 12 | |
| 220959582 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song ruler in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalism; advocated greater state intervention in society | 13 | |
| 220959583 | Southern Song | smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279); presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history | 14 | |
| 220959584 | Jurchens | founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee south | 15 | |
| 220959585 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 16 | |
| 220959586 | junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 17 | |
| 220959587 | flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 18 | |
| 220959588 | Changan | capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2,000,000 larger than any contemporary world city | 19 | |
| 220959589 | Hangzhou | capital of later Song; location near East China Sea permitted international commerce; population over 1,500,000 | 20 | |
| 220959590 | footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household | 21 | |
| 220959591 | Bi Sheng | 11th century artisan; devised technique of printing with movable type; made it possible for China to be the most contemporary literate civilization | 22 | |
| 220959592 | Li Bo | most famous poet of the Tang era; blended images of the mundane world with philosophical musings | 23 | |
| 221298158 | Taika reforms | attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 24 | |
| 221298159 | Heian | Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks | 25 | |
| 221298160 | Tale of Genji | written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 26 | |
| 221298161 | Fujiwara | mid 9th century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 27 | |
| 221298162 | bushi | regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies | 28 | |
| 221298163 | samurai | mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 29 | |
| 221298164 | seppuku | ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 30 | |
| 221298165 | Gumpei wars | waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira in Minamoto families; ended in destruction of Taira | 31 | |
| 221298166 | bakufu | military government established by the Minamoto following Gumpei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai | 32 | |
| 221298167 | shoguns | military leaders of the bakufu | 33 | |
| 221298168 | Hojo | a warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor | 34 | |
| 221298169 | Ashikaga Takuaji | member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga shogunate (1336-1573); drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino | 35 | |
| 221298170 | Onin war | struggle between rival heirs of Ashikaga shogunate (1467-1477); led to warfare between rival headquarters and Kyoto and destruction of old capital | 36 | |
| 221298171 | daimyo | warlord rulers of small states following Onin war and disruption of Ashikaga shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 37 | |
| 221298172 | Choson | earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by Han in 109 BCE | 38 | |
| 221298173 | Koguryo | tribal people of northern Korea; established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the peninsula; adopted cultural Sinification | 39 | |
| 221298174 | Sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 40 | |
| 221298175 | Silla | Korean kingdom in southeast; became a vassal of the Tang and paid tribute; ruled Korea from 668 | 41 | |
| 221298176 | Yi | Korean dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence | 42 | |
| 221298177 | Trung sisters | leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 CE; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 43 | |
| 221298178 | Khmers and Chams | Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by northern government at Hanoi | 44 | |
| 221298179 | Nguyen | southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi | 45 |
