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| 5337930824 | Sui Dynasty | a dynasty (581 to 618) that rebuilt the Great Wall and began canal building, restored centralized rule after war | 0 | |
| 5337933765 | Flying Money | paper currency during the Tang dynasty that could be considered as a banknote | 1 | |
| 5337936340 | Li Yuan | Also known as Duke of Tang; minister for Yangdi; took over empire following assassination of Yangdi; first emperor of Tang dynasty; took imperial title of Gaozu | 2 | |
| 5337936341 | Empress Wu | Tang ruler 690-705 C.E. in China; supported Buddhism establishment; tried to elevate Buddhism to state of religion; had multistory statues of Buddha created | 3 | |
| 5337939534 | Xi Xia | 4 | ||
| 5337939535 | Jin | 5 | ||
| 5337942476 | Xuanzong | 6 | ||
| 5337942477 | Zhao Kuangyin | (r. 960-976) Founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome northern Liao dynasty that remained independent | 7 | |
| 5337946996 | Yang Guifei | Royal concubine during reign of Xuanzong; introduction of relatives into royal administration led to revolt | 8 | |
| 5337948877 | Liao Dynasty | Founded in 907 by Nomadic Khitan peoples from Manchuria; mantained independence from Song dynasty in China | 9 | |
| 5337952609 | Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty; popular with members of elite Chinese society | 10 | |
| 5337952610 | Jurchens | Founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of the Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee to south | 11 | |
| 5337955458 | Wendi | 541-604) Member of prominent northern Chinese family during period of Six Dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern China; established Sui dynasty | 12 | |
| 5337957877 | Pure Land Buddhism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses of Chinese society | 13 | |
| 5337957878 | Zhi Xi | an influential neo-confucian | 14 | |
| 5337963643 | Southern Song | Rump state of the Song Dynasty from 1127 to 1279; carved out of the much larger domains of the Tang and northern Song; culturally, one of the most glorious reigns in Chinese history | 15 | |
| 5337966426 | Jinshi | Title granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office | 16 | |
| 5337970158 | Wyzong | Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who openly persecuted Buddhism by destroying monasteries in 840s; reduced influence of Chinese Buddhism in favor of Confucian ideology | 17 | |
| 5337973095 | Khitans | Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; militarily superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture; forced humiliating treaties on Song China in 11th century | 18 | |
| 5337973096 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society | 19 | |
| 5337976183 | Hangzhou | Capital of later Song dynasty; located near East China Sea; permitted overseas trading; population exceeded 1 million. | 20 | |
| 5337979600 | Tangut | Rulers of the Xi Xia kingdom of northwest china; one of the regional kingdoms during the period of Southern Song; conquered by Mongols in 1226 | 21 | |
| 5337981445 | Changan | Capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time | 22 | |
| 5337984591 | Ministry of Rites | Administered examinations to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars | 23 | |
| 5337984592 | Li Bo | a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty | 24 | |
| 5337987172 | footbinding | Practice in chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household | 25 | |
| 5337987173 | Grand Canal | Built in 7th century during reign of Yangdi during Sui dynasty; designed to link the original centers of Chinese civilization on the north China plain with the Yangtze river basin to the south; nearly 1200 miles long | 26 | |
| 5337990053 | neo- Confucians | Revived ancient Confucian teachings in Song era of China; great impact on the dynasties that followed; their emphasis on tradition and hostility to foreign systems made Chinese rulers and bureaucrats less receptive to outside ideas and influences | 27 | |
| 5337993230 | junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern post rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 28 | |
| 5337993231 | Zhu Xi | (1130-1200) Most prominent of neo-Confucian scholars during the Song dynasty in China; stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action | 29 | |
| 5337998078 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | 30 | |
| 5338006947 | Song Dynasty | (960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Tai Zu; by 1000, a million people were living there; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy; traded with india and persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings | 31 |
