A Family Reunion
A new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius; included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs
Neo-Confucianism
A ceramic made of a fine clay baked at a very high temperature
Porcelain
Flat, dry grassland
Steppe
A count of the number of people in a country
Census
A giant structure built across northern China, designed to keep the Mongols out
The Great Wall of China
To bring something back to an earlier or better condition
Restore
A way of doing something
Method
Violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people
Terror
A long fictional story
Novel
A story about a Monkey King who tries to become immortal
Monkey, or Journey to the West
Relating to the state or government
Civil
To copy from one surface to another by contact
Transfer
To bring together as one
Unify
An uncivilized person
Barbarian
An explosive substance used to create the first firearms
Gunpowder
A basic truth or belief
Principle
Artistic handwriting
Calligraphy
Rulers during a given period of time
Regime
Continuously moving forward
Ongoing
Mongol ruler who died in 1227; his empire was then divided among his sons
Genghis Khan
A Chinese philosopher who wrote about ethical and moral behavior
Confucius
A material made from melting iron and carbon
Steel
Italian explorer who lived in Khanbaliq and wrote about it
Marco Polo
To bring from one belief to another
Convert
The day your two projects are now due
May 11th