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| 98220448 | hangzhou | capital of Song | 0 | |
| 98220449 | 6th century | when did the song dynasty emerge | 1 | |
| 98220450 | wendi | member of the prominent northern chinese faimly during period of six dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern china; established sui dynasty | 2 | |
| 98220451 | yangdi | second member of the sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne; restored confucian examination system; responsible for construction of chines canal system; assasinated in 618 | 3 | |
| 98220452 | li yuan | duke of tang; minister for yangdi; took over empire following assasination of yangdi; first emperor of tang dynasty; took imperial title of gaozu | 4 | |
| 98220453 | changan | new tang capital | 5 | |
| 98220454 | ministry of rites | administered examinations to students from chines government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars | 6 | |
| 98220455 | jinshi | title granted to students who passed the most difficult chines examinations on all of chines literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office | 7 | |
| 98220456 | pure land | emphasized salvationst aspects of chinese buddhism; popular among masses of chinese society | 8 | |
| 98220457 | chan and zen buddhism | stressed on meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty- great appeal for educated class | 9 | |
| 98220458 | empress wu | tang ruler 690-05 ce in china; supported buddhist establishment; tried to elevate buddhism to state religion; had multistory staues of buddha created | 10 | |
| 98220459 | yang guifei | royal concubine during reign of xuanzong; introduction of relatives into royal administration led to revolt | 11 | |
| 98220460 | wei | poisoned her husband, son of wu, and placed a small child on throne; tried to gain power | 12 | |
| 98220461 | emperor wuzong | restriction to buddhism | 13 | |
| 98220462 | zhao kuangyin | founder of song dynasty; originally a general following fall of tang; took tile of taizu; failed to overcome norther liao dynasty that remainded independent | 14 | |
| 98220463 | zhu xi | most prominent of neo- confucian scholars during the song dynasty in china; stressed importance of applying philosophical principle to everyday life and action | 15 | |
| 98220464 | grand canal | built in the 7th century during reign of yangdi during sui dynasty; designed to link the original centers of chinese civilization on the north china plain with the yabgtze river basin to the south;nearly 1200 miles long | 16 | |
| 98220465 | bi sheng | devised the technique of printing with moveable type | 17 | |
| 98220466 | li bo | most famous poet of the tang era; belended images of mundane world with phislosophical musings | 18 | |
| 98220467 | taika reforms | attempt to remake japanese monarch into an absolute chines style emperor; including attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army | 19 | |
| 98220468 | tale of genji | written by lady mirasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of japanese society | 20 | |
| 98220469 | bushi | regional warrior leaders in apan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects; collected revenues; built up private armies | 21 | |
| 98220470 | samurai | mounted troops of japanes warrior leaders loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 22 | |
| 98220471 | silla | 668-9th century | 23 | |
| 98220472 | mongol | 13th century | 24 | |
| 98220473 | koryo | 918-1392 | 25 | |
| 98220474 | yi | 1392-1910 | 26 |
