An area north of the Himilaya.

The Tang emperor whose actions led to a military revolt.

A northern tribe of Turkic-speakers who were hired to fight for the Tang dynasty.

The city Song rulers escaped to during attacks from the north.

The wealthiest city in the Tang era, with around 2 million people.

An Italian merchant who visited and described Hangzhou as one of the largest and wealthiest cities on Earth.

One of the most famous women in the Tang dynasty, who became the emperor's mistress, accused the empress of crimes, became the empress, and took complete power when the emperor died.

A pastoral people organized loosely into clans.

Born during the 1160s as Temüjin and unified the Mongols.

A large desert located in Asia.

One of Genghis Khan's grandsons who established the Yuan dynasty.

Originally the city of Khanbalik, established by Kublai Khan.

A free spirit whose writing focused on nature.

A serious Confucian, who wrote "Spring Prospect" where he returns to his home in the capital after a rebellion has left it in ruins.

Modern-day cities near where the ancestors of present-day Japanese settled in the Yamato Plain.

A Yamato prince who attempted to unify the Japanese clans to defend against Chinese attack.

A Japanese noble who defeated several rivals and installed a centralized government under a shogun.

The court author who wrote "The Tales of Genji"

The military commander who seized power in 1392 and founded the Yi dynasty.

An Islamic state founded by escaped Turkish slaves.

The son of the founder of Ghazna who extended his rule throughout the upper Indus Valley.

Hindu warriors who resisted Mahmûd of Ghazna.

A Muslim state founded by Mahmûds successors.

The ruler of a Mongol state based in Samarqand who reached and pillaged Delhi and maintained control of the entire Caspian Sea.

An area north of the Pamirs.

A major nomadic power forming in the north posing a threat to the Indian subcontinent.

One of the great masters of Sanscrit prose who wrote "The Adventures of The Ten Princes".

A peninsula in mainland Thailand.

A small country located in SouthEast Asia.

A kingdom that arose in modern-day Cambodia formed by Jayavarman.

The man who united the Khmer and established a capital at Angkor Thom

A Burmese kingdom located in the west of Angkor.

People from the north who destroyed the Angkor capital.

The culture formed by Buddhism, Hindu religion and culture by the Thai

A strait that the state of Srivijaya came to dominate.

A small town on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula.