Two Great Dynasties in China
A Chinese dynasty, A.D. 618-907, noted for territorial expansion (esp. cultural contact with Central Asia), first development of printing, the political as well as religious importance of Buddhism, and the highest development of Chinese poetry ...
Answer: Tang.
A group of people descended from a common ancestor ...
Answer: clan.
Mongol emperor, 1259-94, founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan) ...
Answer: Kublai Khan.
One of the professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords ...
Answer: samurai.
A temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu ...
Answer: Angkor Wat.
Blocks of metal or wood, each bearing a single character, that can be arranged to make up a page for printing ...
Answer: movable type.
A member of a nomadic group that herds domesticated animals ...
Answer: pastoralist.
The summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan ...
Answer: Shangdu (or Xanadu).
The strict code of behavior by samurai warriors in Japan ...
Answer: Bushido.
A Southeast Asian empire, centered in what is now Cambodia, that reached its peak of power around A.D. 1200 ...
Answer: Khmer Empire.
A class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status ...
Answer: gentry.
Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper river ...
Answer: Genghis Khan.
Venetian traveler in Asia, esp. at the court of Kublai Khan ...
Answer: Marco Polo.
The native religion of Japan ...
Answer: Shinto.
Dynasty in Java from about 750 to 850 A.D. ...
Answer: Shailendra Dynasty (or Sailendra).
Emperor of China, 626-649 ...
Answer: Tang Taizong.
Second khan of the Mongol Empire, 1229-41 (third son of Genghis Khan) ...
Answer: Ogedei Khan (or Ogadai)
Mongol-led dynasty of China, 1271-1368 ...
Answer: Yuan Dynasty.
Period of Japanese history from 794 to 1331 ...
Answer: Heian period.
A dynasty that ruled Korea from A.D. 935 to 1392 ...
Answer: Koryu Dynasty.
Empress of China, 690-705 ...
Answer: Wu Zhao (or Wu Zetian).
The dominion of a khan ...
Answer: khanate.
The dynasty which ruled China from 1368 to 1644, historically the last dynasty of true Chinese origin. In the Ming period art flourished and there were important revisions to Confucian philosophy ...
Answer: Ming.
In feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor ...
Answer: shogun.
Korean dynasty, 1392-1897 ...
Answer: Joseon (or Choson).