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| 93963325 | Xuanzang | violated the Chinese rule of staying inside the Chinese borders. He traveled to India to study Buddhism, became a Buddist, and brought the religion back to China. Buddhism became the adopted religion in China. | 0 | |
| 93963326 | Yang Jian | ruler who built the Sui Dynasty and put China back under a centralized imperial rule | 1 | |
| 93963327 | Sui Yangdi | emperors focused on buliding a strong, centralized goveernment. Palaces, defensive walls, and the Great Canal were built. Higher taxes and labor services for established. | 2 | |
| 93963328 | Sui Decline | rebellion against Sui Yangdi broke out because of his high taxes and labor services needed for all his construction projects. | 3 | |
| 93963329 | Tang Taizong | emperor of Tang Dynasty(created after Sui Dynasty crashed). Saw himself as a confucian ruler who listened to his people's intersets. Led a stable and prosperous dynasty. | 4 | |
| 93963330 | Transportation and Communication policy | ( one of the three policies that made the dynasty sucessful) Roads and horses for travel. Inns and stables for travelers to rest. (also still had the grand canal) | 5 | |
| 93963331 | Equal Field System | (one of the three policies that made the dynasty sucessful) Ensured equal distribution of land to aviod any concentration of landed prroperty. 1/5 of land became hereditary poessession, the rest stayed avaliable for redistribution based on when a person's needs. This policy saw trouble when population increased. | 6 | |
| 93963332 | Bureaucracy of Merit | ( one of thet three policies that made the dynasty succesful) Government officials were recruited based upon their intellectual ablility | 7 | |
| 93963333 | Tang Expansion | - conqured Manchuria, Silla Kingdom in Korea, northern Vietnam, Aral Sea, and part of Tibet. | 8 | |
| 93963334 | Tang Foreign Relations | the land and people surrounding China recoginzed China as their "overlords". Created trade, cultural exchanges, and diplomatic contacts. Middle Kingdom- China was the Middle kingdom in the foreign relations. This means china | 9 | |
| 93963335 | Middle Kingdom | China was the Middle kingdom in the foreign relations. This means china had the responsiblilty of bringing order to the surrounding areas and the surronding lands were being run off of China. | 10 | |
| 93963336 | Tang Decline | When a careless emperor took charge of the dynasty, An Lushan's army rebeled. Lushan was killed and Tang forces recovered the capital, but the dynasty was unable to gain control of affairs again. | 11 | |
| 93963337 | An Lushan | military commander who launched a rebellion when a careless leader took charge of the dynasty. He was eventually killoed, but left the dynasty in a weakened state. | 12 | |
| 93963338 | Huang Chao | military commander who revolted. He stole from the wealthy and gave it to the poor....( like robin hood :-) ) | 13 | |
| 93963339 | Song Taizu | first Song emperor. He had a reputation of honesty and effectiveness | 14 | |
| 93963340 | Song weaknesses | Financial; the need to raise taxes sparked rebellions. Military; little military education and talent for military affairs. | 15 | |
| 93963341 | Khitan | seminomadic people from Manchuria who ruled an empire and demanded large tribute payments of silk/silver from Song state. | 16 | |
| 93963342 | Jurchen | conquered Khitan, captured Song capital, and established Jin empire | 17 | |
| 93963343 | Fast-ripening rice | enabled cultivators to harvest two crops per year. Expanded food supply. | 18 | |
| 93963344 | Song agricultural techniques | Increased plows, harnessed oxen, enriched soil, organized irrigation systems, etc. | 19 | |
| 93963345 | Chinese population growth | Population increased due to agricultural production increasing. | 20 | |
| 93963346 | Song urbanization | Increased food supply encouraged growth of cities. | 21 | |
| 93963347 | Hangzhou | capital of Southern Song dyansty. Supported hundreds of resturants, stores, taverns, etc. | 22 | |
| 93963348 | Patriarch social structure | Descendants found graves of their earliest ancestor and arranged graveside rituals in their honor | 23 | |
| 93963349 | Foot-binding | Wrapping young girls' feet tight in cloth to prevent bone growth which created tiny, curved feet. This was attractive and displayed high social status. | 24 | |
| 93963350 | Porcelain | a substance lighter, thinner, and easier to use then other substances used in regualr potttery techniques. Created into utensils and art work. Highly demanded. It became known as "chinaware" | 25 | |
| 93963351 | Song Metallurgy | production of iron/steel increased. Metals became stronger and more useful. Created tools, weapons, birdges, etc. | 26 | |
| 93963352 | Gunpowder | discovered how to make gun powder. Soon they could make bombs. They experimented with cannons. | 27 | |
| 93963353 | Song Printing | image carved into a wooden block, inked block, pressed a sheet of paper on top of it. | 28 | |
| 93963354 | Song naval technology | In order to increase long distance trade, ships effectiveness was increased so they could visit further lands. | 29 | |
| 93963355 | Financial instruments | Because of rapid trading and copper coin shortage, 'flying cash" was invented. It allowed merchants to deposit goods at one location and draw the equivalent cash somewhere else in China.Promissionary notes, promising to pay at a later date, and checks were also used. | 30 | |
| 93963356 | Paper money | Caused problems because government printed currency representing more value then they had in cash reserves. Despite the slight loss of public confidence, paper money provided a powerful stimulus to the economy. | 31 | |
| 93963357 | Cosmopolitan Society | Trade ( land, sea, silk roads) and urbanization turned Tang/Song China into a prosperous Cosmopolitan Society. | 32 | |
| 93963358 | Hemispheric Economy | Tang/Song dyansty promoted trade and economic growth throughout the eastern hesmisphere. China recieved spices, pearls, horses, melons, etc. from Asia. In return, Asia recieved silk and porcelain from China. | 33 | |
| 93963359 | Foreign religions in China | different religious communities established themselves in China including Christians, Michnichaeons, Zorostriaos, Muslims and Buddhists. China appreciated the foreign music, food and interesting faiths | 34 | |
| 93963360 | Dunhuang | the location where the Buddhist community was built | 35 | |
| 93963361 | Buddhism in China | Buddhism became popular in China but it was thought to be economically harmful because Buddist didnt pay taxes and challenged Chinese beliefs | 36 | |
| 93963362 | Buddhism and Daoism | Buddist tried to calm Chienese worries by explaining that buddhist concepts are borrowed from the Chinese culture. ( dharma- buddhist doctrine is dao- "the way in Daoism and nirvava- personal salvation as wuwei- Daoist noncompetition) | 37 | |
| 93963363 | Chan Buddhism | Buddhism with Chinese charscteristics. Became very popular | 38 | |
| 93963364 | Persecution of Buddhists | Daoists/Confucians critics tried to stop buddhism be convincing Tang emperors to close the monosteries. The policy was passed but never fully carried out. buddhism was simply not considered a faith. | 39 | |
| 93963365 | Confucianism and Buddhism- | Confucians of the Song dynasty began to admired buddhist writings and nature. | 40 | |
| 93963366 | Zhu Xi | a representative of the song dynasty who wrote about how confuican and buddhist ideas were different but both correct | 41 | |
| 93963367 | Neo-confucianism | the title given to those confucians whose values are influenced by buddhist ideas. Supported Confuncianism and Buddhism | 42 | |
| 93963368 | Silla Dynasty | - made an agreement with china. Chinese forces withdrew from Korea and Silla King recoginized Tang emperor as his overlord. | 43 | |
| 93963369 | China and Korea | China influenced Koera poltically and culturally due to the tributary relation. | 44 | |
| 93963370 | China and Vietnam | China took oveer Vietnam and forced them to adjust to their ways. Vietnam absorbed their political and cultural influences ( buddhism even spread through Vietnam) | 45 | |
| 93963371 | Nara Japan | the capital city where Japan expressed its influence from China by creating a centralized imperial goverenment. | 46 | |
| 93963372 | Heian Japan | society transferred from Nara to Heian. Continued to reflect Chinese traditions. | 47 | |
| 93963373 | Tale of Genji | a story written by a women named Murasaki Shikibu about a prince named Genji and his friends. They talked about past joys and uncoverable relationships. The story offers mediation on the passing of time and sorrows brought onv sensitive humans | 48 | |
| 93963374 | Decline of Heian Japan | equal-field system gradually fell into disuse. Two clans, Taira and Minamoto, began war | 49 | |
| 93963375 | Kamakura | When Minamoto won, the clan leader took the place of the emperor and established his government seat at Kamakura | 50 | |
| 93963376 | Muromachi | - period in which Japan deveopled a decentralized poltical order with provincial lords having power. The Chinese elements in Japan could not survive. | 51 | |
| 93963377 | Samurai | professsional warriors who enforced the provincial lords' authority. In return, the lords supported the samruai with food, clothing, services, etc. | 52 |
