| A | B |
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| Sui | Dynasty from 589-618; constructed the Grand Canal which unified China |
| Yang Jian | Sui dynasty ruler; he repaired the Great Wall; also constructed palaces; responsible for raising taxes and intense labor of his people; he is the ruler responsible unifying the Sui after the fall of the Han dynasty |
| Tang Taizong | 627-649; important for trade and transportation and "field system"; he talked about China as the center of the world |
| Equal-field system | Tang dynasty program to ensure that land was equally divided |
| Uighers | Turkish tribe |
| Foot binding | Song dynasty program to keep girls from walking so that men would have power over them |
| Fast ripening rice | Found in Viet Nam, could get two crops a year; expansion of food supply; Tang and Song; more food means more people |
| Porcelain | Light, thin pottery from the Song and Tang dynasties; considered works of art; now known as China |
| Gun powder | Limited military effectiveness of guns using gun powder due to noise and smoke; led to other developments (Song and Tang) |
| Printing | Made possible to produce texts quickly, cheaply (Tang and Sui) |
| Paper money | Late ninth century; could be redeemed for merchandis |
| Zen Buddhism | Japanese version of Chinese Buddhism; intuition and insight based, not holy book based |
| Heien | Japanese period from 794 to 1185; brillian cultural era; world's first novel, "The Tale of Genji" |
| The Tale of Genji | World's first novel, meditation of the passing of time, psychological |
| Harsha | 606-648; Ruled after the Gupta dynasty in India; big army; liberty and scholarship were important |
| Sultanate of Delhi | 1206-1526; Muslims came to India and established a territory; Islam got into India this way; Capital was established here to rule northern India |
| Vijayanagar | 1336-1565; Southern Indian kingdom that later fell into Nughals |
| Monsoons | Seasonal reversing wind and rain; dominated life in India |
| Jati | Indian word for the Hindu sub caste |
| Angkor wat | Capital city is Angkor; Indian temple built in the 12th century for Suryan . . . really big . . . French missionaries and discovers found it again in the 19th century |
| Neo-confucianism | Philosophy tried to bring together Buddhism and Confucianism |
| Silla Dynasty | In Korea; the dynasty which resisted the Chinese invasion; compromise was reached; Chinese military forces left Korea but continued to be its landlord |
| Samurai | Japanese warrior; military nobility of pre-industrial Japan |
| Chola | Southern Indian Hindu kingdom, 850-1267; dominated sea trade; tightly ruled |
| Swahili | East African city states society from Mogadisha; was active in tribe |
| Dhow | Indian, Persian and Arab ships; many tons; sailed Indian ocean and traded extensively |
| Ceylon | Modern day Sri Lanka; was conquered by the Chola but was allowed some independence |
