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8153813198Song and Tang Dynasties0
8153813199Bureau of Censors1
8153815970Tea2
8153815971YangdiSon of Wendi, murdered his father to reach the throne. He extended his father's conquest and drove back the nomadic intruders who threatened the northern frontiers of the empire.3
8153818350Jin KingdomKingdom that the Jurchens created after overthrowing the Liao Dynasty. After successful invasions of the Song territory they annexed most of the Yellow River basin to what had become the Qin Empire. This forced the Song to flee to the South.4
8153820835Junks5
8153820836Li YauniDuke of Tang, Was a loyal supporter of Sui ruler and even rescued Yangdi at a point. He was convinced buy his sons and rebelled once Yandi became more and more irrational.6
8153825273Neo ConfuciansRevivers of ancient Confucian teachings, believed that cultivating personal morality was the highest goal for humans.7
8153825274Scholar gentry class8
8153828653HuangzhouThe capital of the Song rulers. Renowned for its beauty and sophistication.9
8153828654Tang Taizong10
8153833239Sui Dynasty11
8153840608Zhu XiProminent thinker of the Song era who stressed the importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action. (Neo-Confucian.)12
8153876258Liao DynastyDynasty founded in 907 by nomadic Khitan people from Manchuria that dominated the Taizu people.13
8153877536Empress WuTang ruler who tried to elevate Buddhist religion to a state religion. Commissioned many Buddhist paintings and sculptures. Had pagodas built. Buddhism flourished with her support.14
8153877537Pure Land BuddhismStrain of Mahayana Buddhism that won a lot of followers because it seemed to be a break from war and turmoil.15
8153879567Gun PowderAmmunition for their guns16
8153879568Foot BindingWrapping young girls feet as they grew so that they would grow into a small 'lotus petal' shape. (This was preferred by men)17
8153883293Qin EmpireThe Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC. Named for its heartland in Qin state, the dynasty was founded by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin18
8153883294Flying Money(AKA: Credit Vouchers) First use of paper money. Merchants used.19
8153885810Tangut TribesSigong's descendant Li Yuanhao 李元昊 proclaimed himself emperor of the Western Xia empire in 1032. This empire remained independent until it was conquered by the Mongols in 1227.20
8153885811Chen KingdomChinese designation for the successor polity of the Kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indochina.21
8153887394KaozongEmperor who in 668 sent armies to take over Korea, created a vassal kingdom called Silla22
8153887395Wong AnshiChief minister of Song Emperor who tried to ward off the Song collapse, Encouraged agricultural expansion, taxed the scholar classes, and built up mercenary forces23
8153889245Taizu24
8153889246WendiA member of a prominent north Chinese noble family, that had been active in fighting the rise of the Sui dynasty, who struck a marriage alliance between his daughter and the ruler of the northern Zhou empire.25
8153889247Champa Rice26
8153891774JinshiThose who passed the Chinese Literature exam earned this title.27
8153891775Xi Xia28
8153893475Sinification29
8153893476XuanzougEmperor who marked the peak of the Tang power and the high point of Chinese civilization under the dynasty.30
8153897229Yang GuifeiA beautiful young woman from the harem of one of the imperial princes who the emperor Xuanzong became infatuated with. An ill-fated romance.31
8153899919Jurchens32

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