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96488170220 CEend of han dynasty0
96488171220-589era of division; political division in China; time of greatest Buddhist influence1
96488172589-618Sui dynasty; building of the Grand Canal2
96488173618- 626Gaozu emperor3
96488174618-907Tang dynasty4
96488175627-649Tang Taizong emperor5
96488176688Korean conquest; vassal state of Silla6
96488177690-705Empress Wu; Buddhist influence in China peaks7
96488178712-756Xuanzong emperor8
96488179840'sPeriod of Buddhist persecution9
96488180960-1279Song dynasty; Neo-Confucian revival10
96488181c. 1050Invention of block printing with moveable type11
964881821067-1085Shenzong emperor; reforms of Wong Anshi12
96488183c. 1100Invention of gunpowder13
964881841115Juchen (Qin) kingdom in North China14
964881851119First reference to the use of the compass for sea navigation15
964881861127-1279Southern Song dynasty16
964881871279-1368Mongol (Yuan) dynasty rules all China17
96488188Wendia member of a prominent north Chinese noble family that had long been active in fighting for the control of China, struck a marriage alliance between his daughter and the ruler of the Northern Zhou empire18
96488189YangdiWendi's son who murdered his father to reach the throne19
96488190Loyanga new capital city that Yangdi forced peasants to build palaces and a series of great canals to to link various parts of his empire.20
96488191Li YuanDuke of Tang. One of Yangdi's officials.21
96488192Heavenly KhanTang rulers22
96488193SillaIndependent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668.23
96488194ChanganCapital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time.24
96488195Ministry of RitesAdministered examinations to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars25

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