CAPITAL OF CHINA

CAPITAL OF TANG DYNASTY, POPULATION OF 2 MILLION, LARGER THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME

CHINESE PERFECT MAGNETIC COMPASS

ONE OF THE MAIN CHINESE POETS DURING THE TANG DYNASTY. HE WAS THE CONFUCIAN POET OF TANG CHINA

EARLIEST KNOWN BOOK PRINTED

EMPEROR YONG LE BUILDS THE IMPERIAL CITY

THE ONLY WOMAN TO RULE CHINA IN HER OWN NAME, EXPANDED THE EMPIRE AND SUPPORTED BUDDHISM DURING THE TANG DYNASTY

EMPRESS WU BEGINS TO RULE

ALSO KNOWN AS TEMUJIN; HE UNITED THE MONGOL TRIBES INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE FIGHTING FORCE; CREATED LARGEST SINGLE LAND EMPIRE IN HISTORY

GENGHIS KHAN INVADES NORTHERN CHINA

THE 1,100 MILE WATERWAY LINKING THE YELLOW AND YANGZTE RIVERS. IT WAS BEGUN IN THE HAN PERIOD AND COMPLETED DURING THE SUI EMPIRE

CHINA'S CAPITAL DURING THE SONG DYNASTY, WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE

GRAND CANAL LINKS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CHINA

COUNTRY IN ASIA THAT THE MONGOLS TRIED TWICE TO INVADE USING SHIPS BUILT BY KOREANS

THE CAPITAL OF THE YUAN DYNASTY UNDER KUBLAI KHAN LOCATED IN TODAY'S CAPITAL OF CHINA, BEIJING

MONGOLIAN EMPEROR OF CHINA AND GRANDSON OF GENGHIS KHAN WHO COMPLETED HIS GRANDFATHER'S CONQUEST OF CHINA

KUBLAI KHAN RULES MONGOL EMPIRE

MOST FAMOUS POET OF THE TANG ERA; BLENDED IMAGES OF THE MUNDANE WORLD WITH PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS

MANCHUS CONQUER MING DYNASTY

ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO WROTE ABOUT HIS TRAVELS TO CENTRAL ASIA

LARGEST SINGLE LAND EMPIRE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, SPANNING ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE ACROSS ASIA

A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY NORTH OF CHINA COVERED BY THE GOBI DESERT

PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL ASIA WHEN UNITED ENDED UP CREATING THE LARGEST SINGLE LAND EMPIRE IN HISTORY

AN EMPIRE IN SOUTHERN ASIA CREATED BY CYRUS THE GREAT IN THE 6TH CENTURY BC AND DESTROYED BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT

CHINESE PRINTER WHO INVENTED MOVABLE TYPE FOR PRINTING

RUSSIA'S GREAT FRONTIER REGION, A VAST TERRITORY OF WHAT IS NOW CENTRAL AND EASTERN RUSSIA, MOST OF IT UNSUITED TO AGRICULTURE BUT RICH IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND FUR-BEARING ANIMALS

THE CHINESE DYNASTY THAT PLACED MUCH EMPHASIS ON CIVIL ADMINISTRATION, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, AND ARTS RATHER THAN THE MILITARY

THE SHORT DYNASTY BETWEEN THE HAN AND THE TANG; BUILT THE GRAND CANAL, STRENGTHENED THE GOVERNMENT, AND INTRODUCED BUDDHISM TO CHINA

SECOND EMPEROR OF THE TANG DYNASTY FROM 626 TO 649; HE SECURED HIS THRONE BY HAVING HIS TWO BROTHERS AND THEIR TEN SONS EXECUTED. HE ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS TO TRAIN CANDIDATES TO TAKE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS

THE CHINESE DYNASTY THAT WAS MUCH LIKE THE HAN, WHO USED CONFUCIANISM. THIS DYNASTY HAD THE EQUAL-FIELD SYSTEM, A BUREAUCRACY BASED ON MERIT, AND A CONFUCIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

REGION SEEKING INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT

CENTRAL ASIAN NOMADS RELATED TO THE XIONGNU PEOPLES THAT PRESSURED HAN CHINA. SET UP EMPIRES THROUGHOUT EURASIA. ORGANIZED AS TRIBES THAT CONSTANTLY FOUGHT EACH OTHER. MOST CONVERTED TO ISLAM

A GROUP OF TURKIC-SPEAKERS WHO CONTROLLED THEIR OWN CENTRALIZED EMPIRE FROM 744 TO 840 IN MONGOLIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

AN ITALIAN TRADING CITY ON THE ADRIATIC SEA, AGREED TO HELP THE BYZANTINES' EFFORT TO REGAIN THE LANDS IN RETURN FOR TRADING PRIVILEGES IN CONSTANTINOPLE

COUNTRY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA THAT WAS INVADED BY MONGOL ARMIES

CHINESE GENERAL WHO IN A.D. 581 DECLARED HIMSELF EMPEROR AND SET UP THE SUI DYNASTY

SECOND SUI RULER; RESTORED CONFUCIAN EXAMINATION SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTED CANAL SYSTEM WAS ASSASSINATED IN 618

A COASTAL CITY IN CENTRAL CHINA; MARCO POLO CLAIMED TO HAVE GOVERNED IT

THE DYNASTY WITH MONGOL RULE IN CHINA; CENTRALIZED WITH BUREAUCRACY BUT STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT; MONGOLS ON TOP, TEN PERSIAN BUREAUCRATS, AN CHINESE BUREAUCRATS AT THE BOTTOM