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| Period of Disunion | Time when China was split into many rival kingdoms |
| Yang Jian | He conquered southern China and united China. This started the Sui Dynasty |
| Grand Canal | A waterway that linked the north and the south. |
| Empress Wu | The only woman to rule China. She was very strict and brought stability and prosperity to China. |
| Buddhism | A religion that promises an escape from suffering. Many people in China turned to Buddhism during the Period of Disunion. |
| Dragon Backbone pump | A pump used for irrigation, it allowed a farmer to do more work and grow more food |
| Surplus | Extra crops that helped the population of China to grow, and by the 1200's there were over 100 million people in China |
| porcelain | a highly desired type of pottery |
| Paper | Invented by Chinese, used in record keeping and printing |
| Paper money | Invented by the Chinese, which was much easier to carry than bulky coins |
| woodblock printing | Chinese invented prining and they could reproduce pictures and texts much more quickly |
| Gunpowder | Invented by the Chinese by accident, first used in fireworks then figured out how to use it as a weapon |
| Compass | Invented by the Chinese and used magnetism to show where they were in the world. Allowed them to sail their vast navies to many places in the world. |
| Confucianism | A philosophy created by Confucius |
| Ren | Concern for others |
| Li | appropriate behavior at all times |
| Mongols | A group of separate nomadic tribes that lived in Northern China |
| Genghis Khan | Leader of the Mongols, brings the separate tribes together |
| Kublai Khan | Grandson of Genghis Khan, ruled all of China, begins the Yuan Dynasty |
| Fall of the Yuan Dynasty | Failed attacks against Japan weakened the military, Chinese rebellion against the Mongols, and a poor economy |
| Zheng He | Leader of the Chinese fleet of ships |
| Forbidden City | Built during the Ming Dynasty, where the emperor lived and where common people could not enter |
| isolationism | During the Ming Dynasty, China did not want foreign influence so they forbid foreign trade and only dealt with people within China |
