Time: Postclassical Era 1450-1750
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| 146378098 | Bi Sheng | invented printing with movable type, allowed China to be most literate civilization | 0 | |
| 146378099 | Flying money | early form of currency, credit vouchers to traveling merchants | 1 | |
| 146378100 | Grand Canal | linked Huang He and Yellow Rivers, began in Han, finished in Sui Empire | 2 | |
| 146378101 | Junks | Chinese ships with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses | 3 | |
| 146378102 | Jurchens | founders of Qin, succeeded Liao, forced Song to flee South | 4 | |
| 146378103 | Khitan | nomads who founded Liao Dynasty in Manchuria, influenced by Chinese culture | 5 | |
| 146442056 | Period of the Six Dynasties | endless wars fought by kingdoms after the fall of the Han | 6 | |
| 146442057 | Bakufu | military government established after Gempei Wars, power in military and samurai | 7 | |
| 146442058 | Bushi | regional warrior leaders of kingdoms, administered law | 8 | |
| 146442059 | Daimyo | warlord rulers after Onin War, unified states | 9 | |
| 146442060 | Gempei Wars | between Taira and Minamoto families | 10 | |
| 146442061 | Onin War | between rival heirs of Ashikaga Shogunate | 11 | |
| 146442062 | Samurai | troops of bushi, loyal to lords | 12 | |
| 146442063 | Shoguns | military leaders of bakufu | 13 | |
| 146442064 | Sinification | extensive adaption of Chinese culture (Korea, Japan) | 14 | |
| 146442065 | Taika Reforms | remade Japanese monarch to an absolute Chinese style emperor | 15 | |
| 146442624 | Chinggis Khan | conquest of China's North kingdoms, died before conquest of Islamic world | 16 | |
| 146442625 | Tartars | Mongols who captured Russian cities and destroyed Kievan state | 17 | |
| 146442626 | Ming Dynasty | succeeded Yuan Dynasty, mounted huge trade expeditions to S Asia, later concentrated on internal developments | 18 | |
| 146442627 | Timur the Great | leader of Turkic nomads, launched attacks in Persia, Fertile Crescent | 19 |
