This was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. It was the first in world history to issue banknotes or true paper money nationally and the first Chinese government to establish a standing navy.

This was an emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China known mainly in modern times for the religious persecution that occurred during his reign.

This religion was considered a foreign threat to Chinese social harmony and persecuted, sacked, and largely destroyed in China by the Tang Dynasty through a series of edicts to help fund military ventures.

This was a devastating rebellion against the Tang dynasty of China that intended to replace it with the Yan dynasty.

This was a civil testing system in Imperial China for selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.

This was a network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia. The other nations had to send an envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor and acknowledge his superiority and precedence.

This is the longest artificial river in the world. Starting in Beijing, it passes through many regions to connect with the city of Hangzhou, thus linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River.

This was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. Historians generally regard it as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. It is also known for its persecution of other religions.

This was a pivotal, albeit short-lived, imperial dynasty of China from 581 to 619 CE. It reinstalled the rule of ethnic Han in the entirety of China proper and underwent extensive infrastructure projects.

This was the Song institution that attempted to facilitate interregional trade by sea by incentivizing the buying and selling of imports and exports, as well as collecting tax revenue for the state based on commercial sales.

This was the renewed emphasis on traditional Chinese philosophical views under the Tang and Song dynasties which focused on the removal of some of the more mystical and spiritual elements of Confucianism.

This was the first wide-scale use of paper currency used first by the Tang, but more extensively by the Song Dynasty, that helped enhance economic activity and growth in imperial China.

This was the name of the Mongol-led dynasty that ruled China in the 13th and 14th centuries.

This was the original leader of the Mongolian Empire who emerged as the Great Khan (military leader) and leader of all Mongols following his selection by a high council.

This was the son of the figure detailed above who continued the unprecedented invasions and conquests on the Mongols in all directions.

This was the decent of the original Great Khan who eventually conquered the entirety of Song China in the late 13th century.

These were the vast trade networks of central and western Asia that were reinvigorated by Mongol conquest and unification.

This was the name for the form on government, for both the Mongolian Empire and its various fragmented polities in the Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, and Yuan Dynasty, that was ruled by a high military leader in which subjects and vassals paid tribute and provided military and labor services to the Mongols.

This was the ‘explosive’ innovation developed in Song China that spread throughout Afro-Eurasia following the Mongol conquests and renewal of interregional trade.