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| 11581409422 | Au Lushan | Foreign-born general who led a major revolt against the Tang dynasty in 755-763, perhaps provoking China's turn to xenophobia | 0 | |
| 11581416566 | 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 | |
| 11581431001 | Chinese Buddhism | Buddhism was China's only large-scale cultural borrowing before the twentieth century; Buddhism entered China from India in the first and second centuries C.E. but only became popular in 300-800 C.E. through a series of cultural accommodations. At first supported by the state, Buddhism suffered persecution during the ninth century but continued to play a role in Chinese society. | 2 | |
| 11581434577 | Chu Nom | A variation of Chinese writing developed in Vietnam that became the basis for an independent national literature; "southern script." | 3 | |
| 11581435750 | Foot Binding | Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls' feet to keep them small, begun in the Tang dynasty; an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty. | 4 | |
| 11581438888 | Hangul | A phonetic alphabet developed in Korea in the fifteenth century | 5 | |
| 11581441311 | Hangzhou | China's capital during the Song dynasty, with a population of more than a million people. | 6 | |
| 11581442423 | 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 | |
| 11581443168 | Jurchen | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China (1115-1234). | 8 | |
| 11581446279 | Kami | Sacred spirits of Japan, whether ancestors or natural phenomena; their worship much later came to be called Shinto. | 9 | |
| 11581447549 | Khitan | A nomadic people who established a state that included parts of northern China (907-1125). | 10 | |
| 11581452697 | Koryo | Korean dynasty (918-1392) | 11 | |
| 11581458978 | Kumsong | The capital of Korea in the medieval era, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an | 12 | |
| 11581461776 | 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. | 13 | |
| 11581463053 | Nara | Japan's first capital city, modeled on the Chinese capital of Chang'an. | 14 | |
| 11581466225 | Neo-Confucianism | A philosophy that emerged in Song-dynasty China; it revived Confucian thinking while adding in Buddhist and Daoist elements. | 15 | |
| 11581468602 | Pure Land Buddhism | A school of Buddhism that proved to be immensely popular in China; emphasized salvation by faith in the Amitabha Buddha. | 16 | |
| 11581471061 | Samurai | Members of Japan's warrior class, which developed as political power became increasingly decentralized. | 17 | |
| 11581474911 | 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 | |
| 11581476465 | Silla Dynasty | The first ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to the Korean peninsula (688-900). | 19 | |
| 11581479752 | Song Dynasty Economic Revolution | A major economic quickening that took place in China under the Song dynasty (960-1279); 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 | |
| 11581484798 | Sui Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China (581-618) that effectively reunited the country after several centuries of political fragmentation. | 21 | |
| 11581486078 | Tang Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from 618 to 907; noted for its openness to foreign cultural influences. | 22 | |
| 11581490118 | Tanka | Highly stylized form of Japanese poetry that has been a favored means of expression for centuries. | 23 | |
| 11581491351 | Tribute System | Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples 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 Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable). | 24 | |
| 11581493269 | Trung Sisters | Two Vietnamese sisters who launched a major revolt against the Chinese presence in Vietnam in 39 C.E.; the rebellion was crushed and the sisters committed suicide, but they remained symbols of Vietnamese resistance to China for centuries. | 25 | |
| 11581495015 | Uighurs | Turkic empire of the steppes; flourished in eighth century CE | 26 | |
| 11581498293 | Wendi, Emperor | Sui emperor (r. 581-604) who particularly patronized Buddhism. | 27 | |
| 11581501435 | Xiongnu | Major nomadic confederacy that was established ca. 200 B.C.E. and eventually reached from Manchuria to Central Asia. | 28 | |
| 11581503127 | Yi | Korean dynasty (1392-1910). | 29 |
