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| 216288585 | Sui | Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes. It was followed by the Tang Dynasty. (581-618 CE) | 0 | |
| 216288586 | grand canal | a canal in E China, extending north from Hangzhou to Tianjin: the longest canal in China, now partly silted up; central section, linking the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, finished in 486 bc ; north section finished by Kublai Khan between 1282 and 1292. Length: about 1600 km | 1 | |
| 216288587 | Tang Taizong | the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649; typically considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, emperors in Chinese history | 2 | |
| 216288588 | equal field system | All land was owned by the government, which would then assign it to individual families. Every individual, including slaves, was entitled to a certain amount of land, the amount depending on their ability to supply labor. | 3 | |
| 216288589 | Uighers | a member of a Turkish people dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living mainly in western China | 4 | |
| 216288590 | footbinding | the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible | 5 | |
| 216288591 | porcelain | a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin and petuntse (hard paste) or other clays, ground glassy substances, soapstone, bone ash, etc | 6 | |
| 216288592 | gunpowder | an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc. | 7 | |
| 216288593 | printing | to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly | 8 | |
| 216288594 | Chan/Zen Buddhism | emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct self-realization through meditation and dharma practice | 9 | |
| 216288595 | paper money | currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency. | 10 | |
| 216288596 | neo-Confucianism | of or pertaining to an eclectic philosophical movement of the 12th to the 16th centuries, incorporating Taoist and Buddhist elements with an adaptation of Confucianism | 11 | |
| 216288597 | Heian court | the period in Japan AD 794-1185 charaerized by the modification and naturalization of ideas and institutions that were earlier introduced from China | 12 | |
| 216288598 | Silla dynasty | one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and one of the longest sustained dynasties in Asian history(57BC-935AD). Founded by King Park Hyeokgeose | 13 | |
| 216288599 | The Tale of Genjii | classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century, around the peak of the Heian period | 14 | |
| 216288600 | Samurai | military nobility of pre-industrial Japan | 15 | |
| 216288601 | Harsha | Indian empire who ruled northern India for 41 years from 608CE to 647CE. United the smallrepublics from Punjab to cenral India | 16 | |
| 216288602 | the Sind | one of four provinces of Pakistan; home to mainly Muslims, but also Christians, Zorastrians and Hindus | 17 | |
| 216288603 | Sultanate of Delhi | coers the 5 short-lived Islam kingdoms. ruled from Delhi between 1206 and1526. dynasties were Mamluk(1206-90), Khilji(1290-1320), Tughlaq (1320-1414), Sayyid(1414-51), and the Lodi(1451-1526) | 18 | |
| 216288604 | Chola | a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling in some parts of southeast India | 19 | |
| 216288605 | Vijayanagar | rose to prominence as a culmination of atempts by the southern powers against Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century | 20 | |
| 216288606 | Ceylon | a country off the southern coast of Indian subcontinent; known as Sri Lanka since 1972 | 21 | |
| 216288607 | monsoons | a seasonal reversing wind accmpanied by cooresponding changen precipitation | 22 | |
| 216288608 | dhows and junks | a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more laen sails; primaril used to carry heavy items alonghe coasts of the Arabian peninsula, Pakistan, India and East Africa OR a sailing vessel of Chinese origin | 23 | |
| 216288609 | jati | communities and submmunities of India | 24 | |
| 216288610 | sufis | one who follows the principle of "a science whose objeive is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God" | 25 | |
| 216288611 | Angkor Wat | a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarma II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city | 26 | |
| 216288612 | Swahili states | traded with Arab merchants | 27 | |
| 216288613 | Yang Jian | prince of the Sui dynasty; when his father was killed in 618 by Yuwen Huaji, he and his sons were also killed | 28 | |
| 216288614 | Zimbabwe | landlocked country in southern part of Africa | 29 |
