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| 940906987 | 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 | |
| 940906988 | Chinese Buddhism | China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the 20th century. Buddhism entered China from India in the first and second centuries C.E but only became popular between 300-800 C.E through a series of cultural accommodations. At first supported by the state, Buddhism suffered persecution during the 9th century but continued to play a role in Chinese society. | 1 | |
| 940906989 | 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 | 2 | |
| 940906990 | Chu Nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script" | 3 | |
| 940906991 | Foot Binding | Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small. Begun in the tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and de;icacy was central to views of female beauty. | 4 | |
| 940906992 | Hangul | A phonetic alphabet created in Korea in the fifteenth century | 5 | |
| 940906993 | Kami | Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomenon; their worship later came to be called Shinto | 6 | |
| 940906994 | Heian | Japan's second capital city(now known as Kyoto), modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an; also used to describe the period of Japanese history from 794 to 1192 C.E | 7 | |
| 940906995 | Hangzhou | China's capital city during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people | 8 | |
| 940906996 | Jurchen | A nomadic people that established a state that included parts of northern China | 9 | |
| 940906997 | Koryo | Korean dynasty (918-1392) | 10 | |
| 940906998 | Murasaki Shikibu | Perhaps Japan's greatest author, a woman active at the Heian court who is best known for "The Tale of Genji", which she wrote around 1000 C.E | 11 | |
| 940906999 | Khitan | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern china (901-1125) | 12 | |
| 940907000 | Nara | Japan's first capital city modeled on the Chinese capital city of Chang'an | 13 | |
| 940907001 | Kumsong | The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an | 14 | |
| 940907002 | Pure Land Buddhism | A school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha | 15 | |
| 940907003 | Silla dynasty | The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900ce) | 16 | |
| 940907004 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements | 17 | |
| 940907005 | 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,which lays out the principles of this reform. | 18 | |
| 940907006 | Samurai | Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized | 19 | |
| 940907007 | 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 | 20 | |
| 940907008 | 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 --produce of value from their countries--to the Chinese emperor(although the Chines gifts given in return were often much more valuable). | 21 | |
| 940907009 | Tanka | Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries | 22 | |
| 940907010 | Sui Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China (589-618ce) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation | 23 | |
| 940907011 | Tang Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from (618-907ce) noted for its openness to foreign cultural influence | 24 | |
| 940907012 | Trung Sisters | Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39ce;.the rebellion was crushed and the sisters committed suicide, but they remained symbols of Vietnamese resistance to China for centuries. | 25 | |
| 940907013 | Yi | Korean Dynasty (1392-1910) | 26 | |
| 940907014 | Xiongnu | Major nomadic confederacy that was established around 200 bce. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia | 27 | |
| 940907015 | Uighurs | Turkic empire of the steppes, flourished in the 8th century | 28 | |
| 940907016 | Wendi, Emperor | Sui emperor (581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism | 29 |
