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| 353121421 | Tang Dynasty | considered the golden age of Chinese civilization and ruled for nearly 300 years; China grew under the dynasty to include much of eastern Asia, as well as large parts of Central Asia | 0 | |
| 353121422 | Emperor Xuanzong | (Reigned 713-755) Leading Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty; encouraged overexpansion. A grandson of Empress Wu. He promoted religious tolerance. Abolished the death penalty. Distributed land to the poor. Raised age of liability of tax. Tax exemptions for poor families. Expanded school stystem and improved health care. Revived equal field system. | 1 | |
| 353121423 | Song Dynasty | (960 - 1279 AD); this dynasty was started by Emperor Taizu; started feet binding; had a magnetic compass; had a navy(junks); traded with India and Persia (brought pepper and cotton); first to have paper money, explosive gun powder; *landscape black and white paintings. Withdrew to the south when pressured by northern nomads, established capital at Hangzhou, developing an industrial society. | 2 | |
| 353121424 | Yuan Dynasty | (1279-1368 CE) The dynasty with Mongol rule in China; centralized with bureaucracy but structure is different: | 3 | |
| 353121425 | Ming Dynasty | Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China. | 4 | |
| 353121426 | tribute system | System in which people surrounding China sent emissaries who offered tribute to the Chinese emperor and acknowledged the superiority of the emperor and China. | 5 | |
| 353121427 | moveable type | Individual characters made of wood or metal that can be arranged to create a job for printing and then used over again. Led to an increase in literacy. | 6 | |
| 353121428 | Wu Zhao | The only woman to ever declare herself empress, she was a member of the Tang Dynasty; takes over when Li Shimin dies; she used trickery to get power, cuts taxes, raises salaries of government officials, encourages trade and Buddhism, takes Korea as a tributary state, reforms the civil service exams, builds more school for more job opprotunities, takes critism from Li Bo and improves. | 7 | |
| 353121429 | foot binding | practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household. | 8 | |
| 353121430 | Yamato clan | Clan, or uji, that dominated a corner of Honshu and set up Japan's first and only dynasty | 9 | |
| 353121431 | Shinto | the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma | 10 | |
| 353121432 | Prince Shotoku | Japanese regent, he was one of Japan's greatest leaders. He was influential in bringing Buddhism and Chinese ideas to Japan. | 11 | |
| 353121433 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 12 | |
| 353121434 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power. | 13 | |
| 353121435 | shogun | the supreme military commander of Japan. | 14 | |
| 353121436 | daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai. | 15 | |
| 353121437 | Code of Bushido | "The Way of the Warrior". Samurai Code of Conduct: Loyalty, Bravery, Honor. Those who broke the Code had to commit ritual suicide called Seppuku. | 16 | |
| 353121438 | Delhi Sultanate | Region of India controlled by Muslims 1206-1520 | 17 |
