| A | B |
|---|
| Tang | dynasty which arose after the Hand dynasty |
| Li Yuan | first tang emperor |
| Li Shimin | Li Yuan's son, took over his father's rule taking the name Tang Taizong |
| Tributary states | self ruling states which still had to acknowledge on supreme ruler |
| Land Reform | broke up large agricultural holdings and gave the land to peasents |
| reasons for the decline in the Tang | arabs, corruption, taxes |
| Song | Dynasty which came after the Tang dynasty |
| Zhao Kuangyin | Scholarly general founded the Song dynasty |
| gentry | wealthy landowning class |
| dowry | payment that a woman brings to a marriage |
| pagoda | multilayed building such as a temple |
