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| 7978718367 | Xuanzang (Culture, Interaction) | Young Buddhist monk who decided to go to India and visit the holy sites of Buddhism and learn about his faith, even when it was illegal to go outside Chinese borders. However, on his return, he was supported by the emperor. | 0 | |
| 7978718368 | Yang Jian (Political) | Imposed tight political discipline on state; appointed duke of Sui; forced abdication of a 7-yr-old boy and claimed throne and Mandate of Heaven for himself | 1 | |
| 7978718369 | Sui Yangdi (Political, Interaction, Economic) | Second emperor of the Sui Dynasty who completed work on the Grand Canal. His projects demanded high taxes and force labor, which caused rebellions to break out. He was assassinated in 618 CE. | 2 | |
| 7978718370 | Tang Taizong (Political, Economic) | The Tang Dynasty's second emperor who made the empire have low taxes (but more property tax). There was unusual stability and prosperity during his reign | 3 | |
| 7978718371 | An Lushan (Political, Interaction) | One of Tang dynasty's foremost military commanders who mounted rebellion and captured capital at Chang'an and Luoyang. | 4 | |
| 7978718372 | Huang Chao (Political, Economic) | military commander that led an uprising from 875-884 CE, who routinely pillaged wealthy and distributed portions to the poor | 5 | |
| 7978718373 | Du Fu (Culture, Social) | He was considered China's greatest poet. He was born into a prominent Confucian family, and wrote in his early years about the beauty of the natural world, however after the rebellion of An Lushan, he fell into poverty and experienced difficulties. The poetry of his later years lamented the chaos of the late eighth century. | 6 | |
| 7978718374 | Song Taizu (Political, Interaction) | He reigned from 960-976 C.E., and was a junior military officer known for his honesty and effectiveness, with his troops proclaimed him emperor. For the next several years, he and his army defeated other warlords and brought China under unified rule under the Song dynasty. | 7 | |
| 7978718375 | Li Bo (Social, Culture) | The most popular poet of the Tang era who wrote pleasing verse celebrating life, friendship, and wine. | 8 | |
| 7978718376 | Zhu Xi (Culture, Social) | He was the most important representative of Song Neo-Confucianism who maintained a deep commitment to Confucian values emphasizing proper personal behavior and social harmony. He wrote Family Rituals and other works on behavior, and became fascinated with Buddhist thought. | 9 | |
| 7978718377 | Murasaki Shikibu (Culture, Social) | She was a lady in writing in the Heian court who wrote in Japanese syllabic script rather than in Chinese character. She wrote The Tale of Genji, which reflected Heian court life better than any other literary work, which is considered one of the first novels. | 10 | |
| 7978718379 | Grand Canal (Culture, Economics, Political, Interaction) | A waterworks project under the Sui dynasty. It was one of the world's largest waterworks projects before modern times, created to facilitate trade between northern and southern China, and was almost 2,000 km long | 11 | |
| 7978718381 | Chang'an (Political, Culture) | Capital of the Tang dynasty | 12 | |
| 7978718382 | Equal-field system (Political, Interaction, Social) | Chinese system during the Han dynasty in which the goal was to ensure an equitable distribution of land. Only 1/5 of land was hereditary. | 13 | |
| 7978718383 | Bureaucracy of merit (Political, Social) | Tang dynasty recruited government officials from the ranks of candidates who had progressed through the Confucian educational system and had mastered a sophisticated curriculum concentrating on the classic works of Chinese literature and philosophy. It was merit based. | 14 | |
| 7978718384 | Khitan (Political, Interaction) | Seminomadic people from Manchuria who ruled a vast empire stretching from northern Korea to Mongolia. During the first half of the Song dynasty, they demanded and received large tribute payments of silk and silver from the Song state to the south, causing external pressure on the Song Dynasty. In the early 12th century the nomadic Jurchen conquered the Khitan | 15 | |
| 7978718385 | Jurchan (Political, Interaction) | They conquered the Khitan, overran northern China, captured the Song capital at Kaifeng, and proclaimed establishment of the Jin empire (early 12th century); thereafter, the Song dynasty moved its capital south. | 16 | |
| 7978718386 | Foot Binding (Culture) | Gained popularity among the privileged classes during the Song era, it was the tight wrapping of young girls' feet with strips of cloth that prevented natural growth of the bones and resulted in tiny, malformed, curved feet. | 17 | |
| 7978718387 | Dunhuang Interaction, Culture) | A city on the silk road that transmitted Mahayana Buddhism to China. By the fourth century C.E., a sizable Buddhist community had emerged at Dunhuang in western China | 18 | |
| 7978718388 | Silla (Political, Interaction) | Native dynasty of Korea that agreed to a political compromise with invading Tang authorities to avoid a long and costly conflict | 19 | |
| 7978718389 | Tale of Genji (Culture) | Best reflected the Heian court life, and was composed by Murasaki Shikibu; relates the experiences of a fictitious imperial prince named Genji | 20 | |
| 7978718390 | Minamoto (Political, Interaction) | They engaged in outright war with the Taira in the mid-12th century and were victorious. They claimed to rule the land in the name of the emperor and dominated political life in Japan for four centuries | 21 | |
| 7978718391 | Kamakura (Political) | Early medieval period of Japan; during the two periods, Japan developed a decentralized political order | 22 | |
| 7978852636 | Muromachi (Political) | Later medieval period of Japan; during the two periods, Japan developed a decentralized political order | 23 |
