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| 289377834 | Wendi | the man who seized power and proclaimed himself emperor of the Sui Dynasty. member of prominent north CHinese noble family. laid the foundation for political unification and economic prosperity | 0 | |
| 289377835 | Li Yuan | the man who was the Duke of Tang and who took over the empire after the death of Yangdi | 1 | |
| 289377836 | Yangdi | emperor of the Sui Dynasty. murdered his father Wendi to reach the throne. | 2 | |
| 289377837 | Jinshi | those who passed the difficult civil service exam on Chinese literature. treated as dignitaries, with deference by former friends and fellow students | 3 | |
| 289377838 | Pure Land | variant of Buddhism popular in China that emphasized the salvationist aspects of the faith and appealed to the masses of Chinese society. (chinese version of mahayana) | 4 | |
| 289377839 | Empress Wu | empress during the Tang who tried to elevate Buddhism to the status of a state religion. only female recognized as being a ruler of China. | 5 | |
| 289377840 | Yang Guifei | the beautiful young woman who manipulates the Emperor Xuanzong, eventually leading to her execution and downfall of the Tang Dynasty | 6 | |
| 289377841 | Song | what dynasty follows the Tang? is also divided into 2 periods | 7 | |
| 289377842 | Neo-Confucianism | philosophy that stressed tradition, hostility to outside influences, rank and obligation and had a great impact on Chinese intellectual life following the Tang. result of influence of the scholar-gentry | 8 | |
| 289377843 | Grand Canal | building project of the Sui Dynasty that linked the original centers of Chinese civilization in the north with the Yangtze River basin further to the South. unites 2 river valleys, and is over 1,000 miles long | 9 | |
| 289377844 | junks | the Chinese trading ships that were equipped with watertight bulkheads, rudders, and compasses | 10 | |
| 289377845 | Hangzhou | the Song capital that was unsurpassed in terms of size, beauty, and sophistication | 11 | |
| 289377846 | foot binding | practice that exemplifies the degree to which women in Chinese civilization were considered subordinate | 12 | |
| 289377847 | Li Bo | the most famous poet of the Tang who combined images of the everyday with philosophical musings | 13 | |
| 289377848 | gunpowder | Chinese invention that was originally used for fireworks but was later used in the military | 14 | |
| 297797017 | era of division | also known as the Period of the Six Dynasties. period of political division and civil strife after the fall of the Han | 15 | |
| 297797018 | period of the six dynasties | han is gone, period of chaos, and appears that China's best days are behind them. | 16 | |
| 297797019 | sui dynasty | signaled a return to strong dynastic control and the end of "warring states" | 17 | |
| 297797020 | tang rulers | dominated nomads on the frontier borderlands. used turkic nomads in their military and assimilated them into CHinese culture. repaired the great wall. | 18 | |
| 297797021 | zen | popular form of Buddhism aomong the elites due to meditation (CHinese version of theravada) | 19 | |
| 297797022 | daoists | tried to counter buddhism by appealing to masses with own magical and predictive powers | 20 | |
| 297797023 | confucian scholars | convince tang emperors that Buddhist monasteries challenge the Tang economy | 21 | |
| 297797024 | emperor wuzong | feared the power and wealth of Buddhist monks. persecuted buddhists, destroyed monasteries and shrines, monks had to return to ordinary life. | 22 | |
| 297797025 | empress wei | is never really the empress. takes the title but doesnt actually yield any of it | 23 | |
| 297797026 | northern song | established by emperor taizu. capital: kaifeng. forced to deal with strong, non-chinese people to the north: khitan people of the Liao Empire, Tangut tribes of Xi Xia Empire | 24 | |
| 297797027 | southern song | rebellion within song and new nomadic kingdom Jin, established by the Jurchens, weakens it. song retreates into Yangtze river basin and creates a new capital, Hangzhou. comes to an end with the mongol invasions | 25 | |
| 297797028 | taika reforms | revamped imperial administration along chinese lines. enacted after the death of prince shotoku | 26 | |
| 297797029 | prince shotoku | heavily influenced by success of tang dynasty in china. wanted to create a chinese style bureaucracy and army as well as wanting to emulate chinese etiquette and art | 27 | |
| 297797030 | heian period | imperial household and aristocratic families lived in a complex of palaces and gardens. lived in accordance with strict codes of polite behavior, a sense of formality with one another (in japan) | 28 | |
| 297797031 | tale of the genji | first novel ever written in any language. about imperial court life, obsession with social conventions. about alife totally devoted to the pursuit of pleasure. | 29 | |
| 297797032 | bushi | the lords. nobility in japan. the warlords and aristocratic families that control a certain amount of territory | 30 | |
| 297797033 | samurai | the warriors -- the ones who actually fight. sort of the vassals to the bushi. ride on horseback and use swords to fight | 31 | |
| 297797034 | bushido | "the way of the warrior" equivalent to the code of chivalry. does not mention women or peasants | 32 | |
| 297797035 | seppuku | the ritual of suicide that is considered honorable. done by the samurai | 33 | |
| 297797036 | bakufu | literally means "tent". is a military governemt and is a government based on who has the largest army and who the military leader is. equivalent to feudalism | 34 | |
| 297797037 | shogun | equivalent of a general. more powerful than the emperor, yet the emperor is still there. protects the emperor and controls all the military | 35 | |
| 297797038 | minimoto family | the head bushi. the strongest lords and everybody owes them loyalty and military service | 36 | |
| 297797039 | daimyo | another word for bushi. only 300 aristocratic families. time of chaos and suffering but also economic and cultural growth | 37 | |
| 297797040 | peasants in japan | reduced to the status of serfs by the rise of the samurai class. under the daimyo, became critical to private armies badly trained, poorly fed, fighting constantly, looting rival daimyos | 38 |
