Sui & Song Dynasty
Emperor Wendi reunified China through a strong central government, standardizing money, and ...
What is constructing the Grand Canal?
The leader of the Mongol Empire whose name means "Universal Leader"
Who is Genghis Khan?
The name of the isolated palace created for the emperor
What is the Forbidden City?
One way that China influenced Japan
What is the writing system or Confucianism?
The other name for the Byzantine Empire
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?
Buddhism spread quickly in China among people in poverty because Buddhism promised ...
What is relief from suffering?
Kublai Khan became the first Mongol to conquer China, ushering in this dynasty
What is the Yuan Dyansty?
The Ming rebuilt this defensive wall to protect against the Mongols
What is the Great Wall?
The traditional Japanese religion that believes everything in nature contains kami
What is Shintoism?
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople?
One agricultural advancement in the Song Dynasty
What is early-ripening rice, irrigating fields, or growing crops for city dwellers?
Kublai Khan took advice from these scholars after conquering China
Who are Chinese Confucian scholars?
The Ming emperors used these people as the policy-making government workers
What are scholar-officials?
The Constitution of Prince Shotoku was influenced by this philosophy and this religion
What are Confucianism and Buddhism?
The basilica Justinian rebuilt, once the largest Christian church in the world
What is the Hagia Sophia?
One technological advancement of the Song Dynasty
What is the moveable type, paper money, compass, or gunpowder?
The Italian explorer who visited China and assisted Kublai Khan in ruling his empire
Who is Marco Polo?
The Ming prioritized cultural creations, including one of these types of works.
What are pottery and vases, literature, drama, or paintings?
Under the shogunate, this highly honored class was hired by the daimyo to protect their lands
What is the samurai?
The name of the legal code that included past Roman laws, Byzantine laws, and judge's commentary
What is the Code of Justinian?
Confucian philosophy emphasizes respect for these 2 groups of people
What is elders and fair government leaders?
One way the Mongols impacted the Silk Road
What is lowering tolls and taxes, protecting travelers, or expanding the roads?
Zheng He's "treasure ships" showed that the Ming were interested in what two things
What are trade and controlling territory?
During the Heian period, the aristocracy influenced their culture's literature in one of these ways
What is writing love poems, the first novel, or women keeping diaries?
One social change created for women under Justinian and Theodora's rule
What is a change in inheritance laws, access to divorce, or social mobility (more jobs options)?