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| Region of China often invaded by nomadic outsiders |
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| Dynasty of 618 to 907 that greatly expanded the empire |
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| Waterway that linked the Huang He and Yangtze rivers |
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| Dynasty that lost control of northern China |
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| Mongol emperor who ruled all of China |
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| Dynasty that replaced the Mongols |
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| Italian merchant who served at Kublai Khan's court for many years |
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| Brief dynasty that reunited northern and southern China |
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| The three neighboring lands that became tributary states to China |
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| Vietnam, Tibet, and Korea |
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| Tang-era ruler who was China's only female emperor |
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| Muslim admiral who led an enormous Chinese fleet on seven extensive voyages |
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| People who won control of western Chinese lands by winning the Battle of Talus in 751 |
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| First emperor of the Sui dynasty |
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| New Song capital city in the south |
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| Scholarly general who founded the Song dynasty |
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| Song Taizi (or Zhao Kuangyin) |
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| Peasant leader who founded the Ming dynasty |
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| Zhu Yuanzhang (or Hongwu) |
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| Empire established by Manchurian people in northern China in the early 1100s |
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| New strains of this staple produced two crops per year instead of just one. |
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| A mix of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal first used for fireworks in Tang China |
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| New type of currency issued by the Song government |
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| China's largest social class |
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| Test for becoming a Tang or Song government official |
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| a civil service examination' |
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| New product from Southeast Asia that Chinese soon drank, produced, and exported |
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| Common causes of peasant revolts |
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| high taxes and/or forced labor |
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| China's wealthy, powerful upper class |
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| Body of knowledge that formed the basis of the Chinese civil service examination |
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| Class of people considered inferior by Confucian standards |
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| Painful procedure that resulted in the highly desirable "lily foot" |
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| Artistic writing skill mastered by the scholar-gentry class |
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| Shiny, hard, white pottery prized as the world's finest ceramic |
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| Floating magnetized needle first used by Chinese sailors |
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| Palace complex of 9,000 rooms built by a Ming emperor |
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| Improved time-telling device invented during the Tang era |
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| Individual characters arranged in frames that allowed for multiple prints |
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| Graceful temple form with multiple stories and upcurved eaves |
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| New food crop(s) introduced to China from the Americas |
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| corn and/or sweet potatoes |
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| Type of literature produced by Li Bo and Du Fu |
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| Religion(s) brought to Southeast Asia from India |
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| Southeast Asian country controlled by China for 1,000 years |
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| Korea's northern neighbor |
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| Main characteristic of Korea's terrain |
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| Country from which Korea borrowed many ideas and customs |
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| Religion that missionaries brought to Korea from China |
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| Strait that connects the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea |
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| the Strait of Malacca or the Sunda Strait |
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| Empire that was Southeast Asia's main power from 800 to the 1200s |
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| Huge city-and-temple complex built by the Khmer in the 1100s |
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| Capital city of Vietnam's Ly Dynasty |
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| River that forms part of Korea's northern border |
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| Harsh people who occupied and ruled Korea from 1231 until the 1350s |
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| Body of water that forms Korea's eastern boundary |
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| Body of water that forms Korea's western boundary |
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| Island location of the Sailendra kingdom |
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| Island where the capital city of the Srivijaya Empire was located |
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| First Korean dynasty; it united the Korean peninsula |
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| the Shilla (or Silla) dynasty |
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| Dynasty from which the modern name Korea developed |
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| the Koryu (or Koryo) dynasty |
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| Unique Korean pottery famous for its milky green glaze |
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| Third Korean dynasty; it ruled from 1392 to 1910 |
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| the Choson (or Yi) dynasty |
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| Capital city of Korea's Koryo dynasty |
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| Main characteristic of Japan's terrain |
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| Supreme military commander |
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| Religion brought to Japan from China around 550 |
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| Warriors pledged to serve their local lord |
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| Country from which early Japan borrowed many ideas and customs |
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| Long novel by Lady Murasaki Shikibu that told the story of Prince Genji |
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| Warrior lords who pledged to support their shogun |
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| Large northern island of Japan |
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| Large southern island of Japan |
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| Ancient religion of Japan |
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| People whose naval invasion the Japanese defeated in 1274 and 1281 |
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| Second Japanese imperial capital |
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| Social and political system in Japan from about 800 to 1600 |
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| Ritual suicide practiced by samurai |
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| Asian country invaded by Japan in 1592 |
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| Term for an island chain like Japan |
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| Type of writing introduced into Japan from Korea around 405 |
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| Military dynasty founded by Minamoto that ruled during the 1200s |
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| Line of shoguns who ruled from 1603 to 1868 |
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| Violent era of disorder, from the mid-1400s to the mid-1500s |
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| the "Warring States Period" |
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| First Japanese imperial capital |
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