Sui, Tang & Song
This dynasty reunited China after 300 years of chaos but collapsed due to forced labor and high taxes.
What is the Sui Dynasty?
This leader unified the Mongol tribes in 1206 and began a campaign of conquest across Eurasia.
Who is Genghis Khan (Temüjin)?
Japan is described as this type of landform made up of many islands.
What is an Archipelago?
Buddhism divided into these two branches based on different interpretations of the Buddha’s teachings.
What are Theravada and Mahayana?
This native Japanese religion focuses on spirits known as kami.
What is Shinto?
This massive canal linked the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers, improving trade between north and south.
What is the Grand Canal?
After this leader’s death, the empire was divided into territories ruled by his heirs, including the Golden Horde.
What are Khanates?
Prince Shotoku attempted to centralize Japan’s government using ideas borrowed from this civilization.
What is China?
In this branch of Buddhism, the Buddha is seen as divine and nirvana as a type of heaven.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
This high-quality ceramic product became one of China’s most prized exports.
What is Porcelain?
This Tang ruler strengthened the bureaucracy and ruled effectively despite living in a male-dominated society.
Who is Empress Wu Zhao?
The Mongols’ success depended heavily on this fast-moving military strategy using mounted warriors.
What are horse archers and mobile cavalry tactics?
These warriors protected local aristocrats and lived by a strict code known as “the way of the warrior.”
Who are Samurai?
Islam spread into India successfully because of this political condition after the Gupta Empire collapsed.
What is political disunity?
This marriage practice required a bride’s family to provide property or money.
What is a Dowry?
This system required memorizing Confucian classics to qualify for government service.
What are the Civil Service Examinations?
Under Mongol rule, this major trade route became safer and allowed increased cultural exchange.
What is the Silk Road?
In this system, a military leader ruled Japan while the emperor remained a symbolic figure.
What is the Shogunate?
By 1200, Muslim rulers controlled northern India under this Islamic state.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This Chinese land-owning class supplied many candidates for the civil service.
Who are the Scholar-Gentry?
During this dynasty, economic prosperity and cultural achievement flourished before Mongol conquest.
What is the Song Dynasty?
This grandson of Genghis Khan completed the conquest of China and founded the Yuan dynasty.
Who is Kublai Khan?
Massive storms in 1274 and 1281 prevented Mongol forces from conquering this country.
What is Japan?
This Mongol ruler from Samarqand invaded India and massacred prisoners near Delhi.
Who is Timur Lenk (Tamerlane)?
This Italian merchant described the wealth and advanced cities of Yuan China, though many Europeans doubted him.
Who is Marco Polo?