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| 12388823 | Bakufu | military government established by Minamoto following the Gempei wars; centered at Kamakura; retained emperor, but real power resided in military government and Samurai. | 0 | |
| 12388824 | Choson | earliest Korean Kingdom; conquered by han emperor in 109 BCE | 1 | |
| 12390216 | Grand Canal | Built in 7th century during reign of Yangdi during Sui dynasty, designed to link the original centers of Chinese civilization on the north China plain with the Yangtze river basin to the South; nearly 12 hundred miles long | 2 | |
| 12390217 | Shoguns | military leaders of the Bakufu | 3 | |
| 12390218 | Ministry of Rites | administered examinations to students from Chinese government schools to those recommended by distinguished scholars | 4 | |
| 12390219 | Fujiwara | japanese aristocratic family in the mid ninth century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 5 | |
| 12390220 | Changan | capital of later Song dynasty, located near east China sea; permitted overseas trading; population over 1 million | 6 | |
| 12390221 | Samurai | mounted troops of Japanese warrior leaders; loyal to local lords, not the emperor | 7 | |
| 12390222 | Sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea and Japan, not vietnam | 8 | |
| 12390223 | Daimyos | Warlord rulers of 300 small states following civil war and disruption of Ashikaga Shogunate; holding consolidated into unified and bounded mini-states | 9 | |
| 12390224 | Gempei Wars | waged for five years from 1180, on Honshu between Taira and Minamoto families; resulted in destruction of Taira | 10 | |
| 12390225 | footbinding | 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 | 11 | |
| 12390226 | Minamoto | Defeated the rival Taira family in Gempei Wars and established military government (bakufu) in 12th century Japan | 12 | |
| 12390227 | junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 13 | |
| 12390228 | flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency | 14 | |
| 12390229 | bushi | regional warrior leaders in Japan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects, and collected revenues; built up private armies | 15 | |
| 12390230 | The Tale of Genji | Written by Lady Murasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the Japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of Japanese society. | 16 |
