This 4,700-mile network connected the Tang Dynasty to the Abbasid Caliphate.
Silk Road
He was the military dictator who held real political power while the Emperor remained a figurehead.
Shogun
This dynasty established a long-lasting imperial system and the original Silk Road (200 BCE – 220 CE).
Han Dynatsy
He was the famous leader who united fractured nomadic tribes to form a massive empire.
Genghis Khan
This term refers to a line of hereditary rulers of a single country.
Dynasty
Merchants often chose sea routes to avoid these two major types of physical barriers.
mountains (Hindu Kush) and deserts
This "way of the warrior" served as the moral and professional code for the samurai.
Bushido
This "Golden Age" dynasty was known for its military strength and border expansion (618–907 CE).
Tang Dynasty
This period of relative peace allowed for unprecedented trade between the East and West.
According to this Chinese belief, gods granted emperors the right to rule based on fairness.
Mandate of Heaven
This Venetian explorer spent 17 years in China and wrote accounts that amazed Europeans
Marco Polo
These loyal foot soldiers served the Shogun and were often hired by landowners for protection.
Samurai
This dynasty oversaw an era of massive economic and technological growth from 960 to 1279 CE.
Song Dynasty
The mongols were known for using these two things in their military during the height of their empire.
Horses and Bows
The Han Dynasty contributed this invention, making recording and writing much more efficient.
Paper
These "middlemen" of the trade routes helped translate between Western and Eastern cultures.
The Sogdians
During this specific time period (1185-1333 CE), the first shogunate was established.
Kamakura
The Mongols controlled China during this dynasty, which lasted from 1271 to 1368 CE.
Yuan Dynasty
The Mongol attempt to conquer this country failed in 1260 at the Battle of Ain Jalut.
Egypt
This physical structure was promoted by the Han Dynasty to provide better defense for the country.
Great Wall of China
This group used the Silk Road to spread mathematics and medicine while keeping gold in circulation.
Persians/Arabs
This woman's example from the 1180s suggests that women were treated respectfully and honored in feudal Japan.
Lady Tomoe Gozen
This dynasty followed the Mongols, restored Chinese rule, and rebuilt much of the Great Wall.
Ming Dynasty
This was the birth name of the man who would eventually be proclaimed "Universal Ruler".
Temuljin
This word means to acquire something passed down from your family, in other words inheritance. This was also the title of the 2018 horror thriller directed by Ari Aster
Hereditary