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107761648AngkorSoutheast Asian Khmer kingdom (889-1432) that was centered around the temple cities of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat.0
107761649BahktiIndian movement that attempted to transcend the differences between Hinduism and Islam.1
107761650CholaSouthern Indian Hindu kingdom (850-1267), a tightly centralized state that dominated sea trade.2
107761651DhowIndian, Persian, and Arab ships, one hundred to four hundred tons, that sailed and traded throughout the Indian Ocean basin.3
107761652FunanAn empire spanning the first to the sixth century C.E. in present-day Cambodia and Vietnam that adopted Sanskrit as its official language.4
107761653SrivijayaSoutheast Asian kingdom (670-1025), based on the island of Sumatra, that used a powerful navy to dominate trade.5
107761654Sultanate of DelhiIslamic state in northern India established by Mahmud's successors in 1206 C.E. that began to establish the presence of Islam on the Indian subcontinent6
107761655VijayanagarSouthern Indian kingdom (1336-1565) that later fell to the Mughals.7
107761656BushidoThe "way of the warrior," the code of conduct of the Japanese samurai that was based on loyalty and honor.8
107761657Equal-field system-Chinese system during the Han dynasty in which the goal was to ensure an equitable distribution of land9
107761658Grand CanalProject that integrated the economies of northern and southern China10
107761659HeianJapanese period (794-1185), a brilliant cultural era notable for the world's first novel, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji11
107761660Nara eraJapanese period (710-794), centered around city of Nara, that was the highest point of Chinese influence.12
107761661Neo-ConfucianismPhilosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of Confucian and Buddhist thought; most important of the early Neo-Confucianists was the Chinese thinker Zhu Xi (1130-1200).13
107761662SamuraiA Japanese warrior who lived by the code of bushido14
107761663SeppukuA Japanese term for ritual suicide committed by the samurai when he had been dishonored.15
107761664ShintoismIndigenous Japanese religion that emphasizes purity, clan loyalty, and the divinity of the emperor.16
107761665ShogunJapanese military leader who ruled in place of the emperor17
107761666songChinese dynasty (960-1279) that was marked by an increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan society.18

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