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| 7778260624 | An Lushan | Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty in 755-763, perhaps provoking China's turn to xenophobia | 0 | |
| 7778263487 | Bushido | The "way of the warrior", referring to the military virtues of the Japanese samurai, including bravery, loyalty and an emphasis on death over surrender | 1 | |
| 7778265932 | Chinese Buddhism | China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the 20th century. Was popular between 300-800ce. Suffered persecution during the 9th century | 2 | |
| 7778270203 | Chu Nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature | 3 | |
| 7778270713 | Hangul | A phonetic alphabet created in Korea in the fifteenth century | 4 | |
| 7778290192 | Hangzhou | China's capital city during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people | 5 | |
| 7778290193 | Heian | Japan's second capital city, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an | 6 | |
| 7778292279 | Jurchen | A nomadic people that established a state that included parts of northern China | 7 | |
| 7778292280 | Kami | Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomenon; their worship later came to be called Shinto | 8 | |
| 7778294584 | Khitan | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern china (901-1125) | 9 | |
| 7778298079 | Koryo | Korean dynasty (918-1392) | 10 | |
| 7778298080 | Kumsong | The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an | 11 | |
| 7778300353 | Murasaki Shikibu | A woman author from Japan. Active in the Heian court. Wrote around 1000ce | 12 | |
| 7778305376 | Nara | Japan's first capital city modeled on the Chinese capital city of Chang'an | 13 | |
| 7778305377 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements | 14 | |
| 7778308204 | Pure Land Buddhism | A school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha | 15 | |
| 7778308205 | Samurai | Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized | 16 | |
| 7778310940 | Shotoku Taishi | Japanese statesman (572-622) who launched the drive to make Japan into a centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China; he is best known for the Seventeen Article Constitution | 17 | |
| 7778313997 | Song Dynasty Economic Revolution | A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279ce) marked by rapid population growth, urbanization, economic specialization, the development of an immense network of internal waterways, and a great increase in industrial production and innovation | 18 | |
| 7778313998 | Sui Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China (589-618ce) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation | 19 | |
| 7778319496 | Tang Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from (618-907ce) noted for its openness to foreign cultural influence | 20 | |
| 7778319497 | Tanka | Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries | 21 | |
| 7778322910 | Tribute System | Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people's that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities and required the payment of tribute to the Chinese emperor | 22 | |
| 7778322911 | Trung Sisters | Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39ce. | 23 | |
| 7778326358 | Uighurs | Turkic empire of the steppes, flourished in the 8th century | 24 | |
| 7778326359 | Wendi, Emperor | Sui emperor (581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism | 25 | |
| 7778329095 | Xiongnu | Major confederacy that was established around 200 bce. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia | 26 | |
| 7778329096 | Yi | Korean Dynasty (1392-1910) | 27 |
