China Dynasties
Borrowing & Blending
Samurai
Knights
Eastern Religions
100

She ruled with an 'Iron Fist' in the Tang Dynasty.

Empress Wu

100

Japan borrowed many cultural ideas from here.

China

100

There was no armor here on a samurai.

one arm

100

Armor's weight.

40-60 pounds

100

This is a religion that traveled from India to China to Japan.

Buddhism

200

Inventions were common during these two dynasties.

Tang or Song Dynasties

200

Beautiful writing.

Calligraphy

200

The choice of material for knight's armor.

steel (metal)

200

This describes samurai armor.

scales, silk or leather cords, colorful

200

A wise man wrote words of wisdom in this religion.

Confucianism

300

This was an invention during the Song Dynasty.

moveable type, gunpowder, fast-growing rice

300

Beauty in the Heian Period might look like this.

White-powdered face, black teeth, long hair, goatee

300

Samurai weapon.

two swords and bow & arrow

300

The first type of armor used by a knight.

chain mail

300

The 'kami' are the spirits in nature in this Japanese religion.

Shinto

400

Marco Polo traveled and served in this dynasty ruled by foreigners.

Mongol Dynasty

400

The style of building.

architecture

400

Code of the samurai.

Bushido

400

Code of a knight.

Chivalry

400

The three religions in medieval China.

Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism

500

This final dynasty of medieval China closed its doors to outsiders.

Ming

500

Another term to describe the Kanji writing style the Japanese borrowed.

emoji, pictures, symbols

500

The eligible age to become a samurai.

14

500

Age a page becomes a squire to a knight.

14

500

Government tests were given using this religion.

Confucianism

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