great emperor of the Tang Dynasty

wood or metal blocks, each with a single character, that can be

arranged to make up a page for printing

the powerful upper class in Tang and Song China

person who herds tamed animals

In Mongolia, a .............. large group of people related to a common ancestor

The leader who brought together the Mongol clans

“Mongol Peace,” a period from the mid-1200s to mid-1300s when

Mongols imposed order across much of Eurasia

Mongol leader and Chinese emperor

traveler from Venice who served Kublai Khan for 17 years

dynasty that ruled Korea during the 600s until the 900s

dynasty that ruled Korea from 935 to 1392

Japan’s earliest religion, based on respect for nature and worship

of ancestors

Japanese warrior who served a lord

code that samurai lived by—“the way of the warrior”

highest military commander in feudal Japan, ruling in the name of

the emperor

kingdom that is now Myanmar

empire that ruled what is now Cambodia

temple complex of the Khmer Empire