Topic 12 Lesson 1
a type of ceramic
porcelain
Someone who wanders around with no home
nomad
made from the silkworm
silk
the pronunciation of archipelago
ahr kuh PEL uh goh
the emperor became this
a figurehead who only ruled in name
the year the hang dynasty fell
220 CE
the Chinese suffered from diseases, floods, and famine in these years
1300s
these three countries borrowed the chinese writing system
vietnam, korea, and japan
the meaning of nippon
land of the rising sun
the meaning of samurai
those who serve
the founder of the tang dynasty
Tang Gaozu
the remain of the jin kingdom was conquered in this year
1236
the peak of chinese poetry
the Tang era
this is the year that prince shotoku died
622
wind of the gods
the period of time the song dynasty ruled
960 to 1279
the black stone talked about in the travels of Marco Polo
Coal
these ships can hold as many as 500 people
junks
the year buddhist monks arrived in japan
538
the leader of the mongols in the 1200s
kublai khan
the location of the city of Chang'an
the end of the silk road
the location where most of the yuan dynasty was
Mongolia
how you spell the name of the buddha
siddhartha gautama
the height of mount fuji in feet
12,388
the year minamoto warriors defeated taira forces
1185