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11292136443Sui Dynasty*Definition:* Short dynasty between Han and Tang.0
11292136444Tang Dynasty*Definition:* Dynasty often referred to as "China's Golden Age". (618 CE - 907 CE)1
11292136445Song Dynasty*Definition:* (960 CE - 1279 CE) Started by Tai Zu.2
11292136446Hangzhou*Definition:* Capital of later Song Dynasty.3
11292136447Economic Revolution*Definition:* Rapid population growth, economic speculation, increase in industrial production and innovations (Song dynasty).4
11292136448Foot Binding*Definition:* Practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet to make them smaller.5
11292136449Tribute System*Definition:* Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and people that assumed subordination of all non-chinese authorities. They required all foreigners wanting access to China to pay tribute.6
11292136450Khitan/Jurchen People*Definition:* Nomadic people who established a state that included parts of Northern China.7
11292136451Silla Dynasty (Korea)*Definition:* First ruling dynasty to bring a measure of political unity to Korean Peninsula.8
11292136452Hangul*Definition:* Phonetic alphabet in Korea (14th century).9
11292136453Shotoku Taishi*Definition:* Japanese statesman who launched the drive to make Japan into centralized bureaucratic state modeled on China.10
11292136454Bushido*Definition:* "Way of the Warrior".11
11292136455Chinese Buddhism*Definition:* Entered China through cultural accommodations.12
11292136456Emperor Wendi*Definition:* Sui Emperor who patronized Buddhism.13
11292136457Chu nom*Definition:* The writing system of Vietnam14
11292136458Izumi ShikibuJapanese poet who had an affair with the two sons of the emperor15
11292136459XiongnuA confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. HAN Dynasty16

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