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| 3036886034 | Wendi | member of Northern Chinese noble family; seizes throne and proclaims himself the first emperor of the Sui dynasty; Yang Jian original name; Wendi means "Literary Emperor." | 0 | |
| 3036886035 | Yangdi | Second member of Sui dynasty; murdered his father (Wendi) to gain throne; restored Confucian examination system; responsible for construction of Chinese canal system; assassinated in 618 | 1 | |
| 3036886037 | Ministry of Public Rites | Administered examinations to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars. | 2 | |
| 3036886043 | Yang Guifei | a beautiful young woman from the harem of one of the imperial princes. | 3 | |
| 3036886049 | Jurchens | People who overthrew Liao dynasty, founded Qin kingdom, annexed most of the yellow river basin, forcing Song to flee south. | 4 | |
| 3036886050 | 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 | 5 | |
| 3036886051 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula, especially in the Song and Tang Dynasty's were the BEST ships in the world | 6 | |
| 3036886052 | Changan | Capital of Tang dynasty; population 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at the time | 7 | |
| 3036886053 | Huangzhou | Capital of Song dynasty, renowned for its beauty and sophistication, sea permitted international commerce; population of more than 1,500,000 | 8 | |
| 3036886054 | Foot Binding | 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 | 9 | |
| 3036886057 | Empress Wu | Tang ruler 690-705 CE in China; supported Buddhist establishment; tried to elevate Buddhism to state religion; had multistory statues of Buddha created | 10 | |
| 3036886060 | Sinfication | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 11 | |
| 3036886061 | Neo-Confucians | Revived ancient Confucian teachings in Song era China; great impact on the dynasties that followed; their emphasis on tradition and hostility to foreign systems made Chinese rules and bureaucrats less receptive to outside ideas and influences | 12 | |
| 3036901113 | Tangut Tribes | tribes from tibet; started xi xia empire | 13 | |
| 3036901135 | Flying money | chinese credit insturment that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency | 14 |
