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| 38511634 | Taika reforms | Attempt to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolutist Chinesestyle emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 0 | |
| 38511635 | Heian | Japanese city later called Kyoto; built to escape influence of Buddhist monks | 1 | |
| 38511636 | Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society | 2 | |
| 38511637 | Fujiwara | Mid-9th-century Japanese aristocratic family; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. | 3 | |
| 38511638 | 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 | 4 | |
| 38511639 | Samurai | Mounted troops of the bushi; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 5 | |
| 38511640 | Seppuku | Ritual suicide in Japan; also known as hari-kiri; demonstrated courage and was a means to restore family honor | 6 | |
| 38511641 | Bakufu | Military government established by the Minamoto after the Gumpei Wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and samurai. | 7 | |
| 38511642 | Shoguns | Military leaders of the bakufu | 8 | |
| 38511643 | Hojo | A warrior family closely allied with the Minamoto; dominated the Kamakura regime and manipulated Minamoto rulers; ruled in name of emperor | 9 | |
| 38511644 | Ashikaga Takuaji | Member of Minamoto family; overthrew Kamakura regime and established Ashikaga Shogunate (1336-1573); drove emperor from Kyoto to Yoshino | 10 | |
| 38511645 | Daimyo | Warlord rulers of small states following Onin War and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holdings consolidated into unified and bounded ministates. | 11 | |
| 38511646 | Choson | Earliest Korean kingdom; conquered by the Han in 109 B.C.E | 12 | |
| 38511647 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 13 | |
| 38511648 | Silla | Korean kingdom in the Southeast; became a vassal of the Tang and paid tribute; ruled Korea from 668 | 14 | |
| 38511649 | Yi | Korean dynasty (1392-1910); succeeded Koryo dynasty after Mongol invasions; restored aristocratic dominance and Chinese influence | 15 | |
| 38511650 | Trung sisters | Leaders of a rebellion in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 C.E.; demonstrates importance of women in Vietnamese society | 16 | |
| 38511651 | Khmers and Chams | Indianized Vietnamese peoples defeated by Northern government at Hanoi. | 17 | |
| 38511652 | Nguyen | Southern Vietnamese dynasty with capital at Hue that challenged northern Trinh dynasty with center at Hanoi | 18 | |
| 38511653 | Kami: | Nature spirits of Japan | 19 | |
| 38511654 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 20 | |
| 38511655 | Minamoto | Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government in 12th-century Japan | 21 | |
| 38511656 | Tribute system | System in which people surrounding China sent emissaries who offered tribute to the Chinese emperor and acknowledged the superiority of the emperor and China. | 22 | |
| 38511657 | Trinh | Dynasty that ruled in north Vietnam at Hanoi, 1533 to 1772; rivals of Nguyen family in South | 23 |
