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| 5283780091 | bakufu | c1200, Minamoto Clan. Tent, or Military government, beginning in the medieval period of Japanese history until the 16th century. | 0 | |
| 5283780092 | Black Death, bubonic plague | An impact of Mongol unification, the creation of one of the worst pandemics in world history, known in Europe and the Black Death. Spread along the trade routes, especially the Silk Road. | 1 | |
| 5283780093 | champa rice | Emissaries from Champa, southern Vietnam, introduced fast-maturing rice when they brought it as a tribute gift to the Song Court | 2 | |
| 5283780094 | equal fields system | Early Tang emperors put a check on the power of aristocratic land-owning families by establishing, restricted inheritance of land. When a farmer died, his land went to the government and was allotted to individuals and their families according to the fertility of the land and the needs of the people. About 1/5 remained under hereditary control | 3 | |
| 5283780095 | foot binding | Late Song Era. Upper-class men had developed a preference for women with small feet. Involved tightly wrapping a young girl's foot so that it could not grow normally, but instead the ties broke and curled under their feet. This caused women to be dependent on males and mostly stay in the house. | 4 | |
| 5283780096 | Genghis Khan | c1200 mongol leader, young man, break family and kinship ties and reorganize nomadic tribes under loyalty to him and used technology, army, and strategy to conquer China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Russia. Quickly gained reputation for ferocity and brutality, boiling defeated enemies alive | 5 | |
| 5283780097 | Heian Era | Era between 794-1185, Fujiwara family was in power, and they very much appreciated Confucian learning and Chinese classics, painting, poetry, and interior decoration. | 6 | |
| 5283780098 | Kubilai Khan | Conquest of China completed in 1279 by KK, one of Genghis Khan's grandsons. | 7 | |
| 5283780099 | Ming Dynasty | Poor peasant claimed power and founded the Dynasty. Ming=brilliant. Ruled china for next three centuries. Turn inward and tried to cut themselves off, ending the soil road forever | 8 | |
| 5283780100 | neo-Confucianism | the appeal of Buddhism forced Confucians to rethink their philosophy, creating a new version of the older ideology. Emphasized the importance of social life and its rejection of withdrawal through individual meditation | 9 | |
| 5283780101 | Alexander Nevskii | Prince of Navagrod, agreed to Mongol demands for tribute, which caused Navagrod to survive. c1250 in Russia | 10 | |
| 5283780102 | Pax Mongolica | After the initial shock of Mongol attacks, this Mongol Peace was established. For about a century, people, goods, ideas, and even diseases traveled faster than ever before from one end of the Eurasian landmass to the other. | 11 | |
| 5283780103 | samurai | The lords were supported by these devoted professional warriors who provided police and military services in exchange for food, clothing, and housing. Japan c1200 | 12 | |
| 5283780104 | Shintoism | Japan's native religion. Animistic religion that emphasizes nature and spirits, or kami, that inhabit objects in nature. c600 | 13 | |
| 5283780105 | shogun | c1200, Minamoto Clan. A military governor who ruled in place of the emperor | 14 | |
| 5283780106 | Song Dynasty | c1000 in China. A military commander reunited much of china under central imperial control. The jurchens exacted tribute from Song China, took a significant part of its land, and forced the Song to relocate the capital from Kaifeng to Hangzhou. This divided Song into two eras: the Northern Song and the Southern Song. Revolutionary economic changes that occurred in industry, agriculture, and commerce. Technology and trade | 15 | |
| 5283780107 | Sui Dynasty | built an 1100-mile grand canal that linked the Yellow and Yangzi Riversas a key component to internal trade within the empire. c600 in China | 16 | |
| 5283780108 | The Tale of Genji | Refined court of the Fujiwara family was captured in this remarkable novel, written by a woman. First book to be written in Japanese. Describes the life of a fictitious prince named Genji who lived a life of refinement, writing poetry in calligraphy to woo women. Elite families of Fujiwara Japan did not encourage education for women, very notable novel. | 17 | |
| 5283780109 | Tang Dynasty | c600-900 China. Held together by Li Yuan, who became the first of the Tang emperors. Emperors and nobles descended from Turks. Upheld Confucian values but also very much influenced by Buddhism and a sting military organization (traits of Central Asia) Capital at Chang'an | 18 | |
| 5283780110 | Wu Zhao | Early Tang emperor, the only woman in Chinese history to rule in her own name. Turned to Buddhism for legitimacy, and favored Buddhists and Daoists over Confucians in her court and government. Accused of grotesque tortures and murders. | 19 | |
| 5283780111 | Yuan Dynasty | c1280 in China. Kubilai proclaimed himself to be the Chinese emperor and founded the dynasty that lasted for almost a hundred years. He failed twice in his attempt to attack Japan across the Korean Strait because of the typhoon winds. | 20 |
